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Diaphus sagamiensis

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Diaphus sagamiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. sagamiensis
Binomial name
Diaphus sagamiensis

Diaphus sagamiensis is a species of lanternfish found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. [1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named after Sagami Bay, Japan.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wang, J.T.-M. and C.-T. Chen, 2001. A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus sagamiensis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2023.