Diaphus faustinoi

Diaphus faustinoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Diaphus
Species:	D. faustinoi
Binomial name
	Diaphus faustinoi; Fowler, 1934

Diaphus faustinoi is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the Western Central Pacific Ocean. [1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Leopoldo A. Faustino (1892–1935), a geologist, a mineralogist and a conchologist with the Bureau of Science, in Manila, Philippines,[3]

References

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.) (2015). "Diaphus faustinoi" 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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[1] Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1–28.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus faustinoi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-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.