Diaphus anderseni
Diaphus anderseni, the Andersen's lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.[1]
| Diaphus anderseni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. anderseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Tåning's friend, N. C. Andersen, physician on board the Danish research vessel Dana which embarqued on different cruises in the northern and the southern seas.[3]
References
- 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.) (2015). "Diaphus anderseni" in 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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