Diplophidae
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| Diplophidae | |
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| Diplophos rebainsi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Diplophidae Fowler, 1925 |
| Genera | |
The Diplophidae or portholefishes are a family of mesopelagic marine stomiiform fish found in deep waters worldwide.[1]
The following two genera are placed in this family:[2]
- Diplophos Günther, 1873
- Manducus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Previously, both genera were placed in the family Gonostomatidae. However, a 2025 phylogenetic study found this family to be paraphyletic as previously described, and found these genera to form a distinct early-diverging clade within the Stomiiformes, for which the old family name Diplophidae was revived.[3]