Diaphus dahlgreni is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the western-central Pacific Ocean. [2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. dahlgreni
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus dahlgreni Fowler, 1934
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of zoologist Ulric Dahlgren (1870–1946), of Princeton University, because of his work on “luminous animals”[4]
References
edit- ^ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus dahlgreni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T129511614A129564180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T129511614A129564180.en. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1–28.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus dahlgreni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.
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