Diaphus basileusi is a species of lanternfish found in the western Indian Ocean.[2]
| Diaphus basileusi | |
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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. basileusi
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus basileusi | |
Description edit
This species reaches a length of 13.0 cm (5.1 in).[3]
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of Basil Nafpaktitis (1929–2015), because of his investigations of myctophid systematics, especially of the genus Diaphus.[4]
References edit
- ^ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus basileusi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T129511525A129564116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T129511525A129564116.en. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Bekker, V.E. and V.G. Prut'ko, 1984. A new species of the genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the northeastern Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 24(6):82–87. .
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus basileusi" 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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