Diaphus megalops Nafpaktitis 1978 articles

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 13

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Diaphus megalops is a species of lanternfish found in the Indo-west Pacific.^[1]

This species reaches a length of 8.5 cm (3.3 in).^[2]

The fish's name means large eyes.^[3]

^ Nafpaktitis, B.G., 1978. Systematics and distribution of lanternfishes of the genera Lobianchia and Diaphus (Myctophidae) in the Indian Ocean. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, Sci. Bull. 30:1-92.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus megalops" 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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Diaphus megalops is a species of lanternfish found in the Indo-west Pacific.