Diaphus bertelseni, or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. bertelseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus bertelseni Nafpaktitis, 1966
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Etymology edit
The species epithet, bertelseni, honours the Danish ichthyologist, Erik Bertelsen.[3]
Habitat and distribution edit
Diaphus bertelseni lives in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Eastern Pacific at depths up to 300 meters.[2] They are mostly at 200 to 300 meters deep during the day, and 60 to 175 meters deep at night.[4]
Description edit
Diaphus bertelseni grows to a length of 9.1 cm, and can have up to 15 dorsal fins, 15 anal fins, 8 pelvic fins, 18 gill rakers, and 35 lateral lines.[2] Their coloring is dark with paler photophores.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Diaphus bertelseni". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ a b c "Diaphus bertelseni summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ a b Basil Nafpaktitis (1966). "Two new fishes of the myctophid genus Diaphus from the Atlantic Ocean". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 133 (9): 401-424 figs 1-11 [405, figs 2-5]. ISSN 0027-4100. Wikidata Q114068007.
- ^ a b "Western Atlantic Fish // Diaphus bertelseni". watlfish.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
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