Diaphus

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Diaphus
Temporal range: 55–0 Ma
Early Eocene to present[1]
Spothead lantern fish (D. metopoclampus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890
Species

79 species (see text)

Headlight fish (D. effulgens)

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes.[2][3][4] It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.[4]

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