Diaphus dumerilii

Diaphus dumerilii, Dumeril's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Diaphus dumerilii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. dumerilii
Binomial name
Diaphus dumerilii
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Scopelus dumerilii Bleeker, 1856
  • Diaphus dumerili (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Myctophum dumerili (Bleeker, 1856)

Size

This species reaches a length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Auguste Duméril (1812–1870), a herpetologist and an ichthyologist, of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.[3]

References
  1. Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus dumerilii" in 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.

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