Diaphus parini is a species of lanternfish found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean.[2][3]

Diaphus parini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. parini
Binomial name
Diaphus parini
Becker, 1992

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin (1932–2012), of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus parini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130282824A130414170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130282824A130414170.en. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus parini". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ 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.