Diaphus gigas is a species of lanternfish found in the northern Pacific Ocean.[2][3]
| Diaphus gigas | |
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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. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus gigas C. H. Gilbert, 1913
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Description
editThis species reaches a length of 17.0 cm (6.7 in).[4]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in because it is large, at 170 mm TL, the largest species in Gilbert's monograph on the lanternfishes of Japan.[4]
References
edit- ^ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130263584A130414100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130263584A130414100.en. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus gigas". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ a b 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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