Diaphus thiollierei, also known as Thiolliere's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Indo-Pacific.[2]

Diaphus thiollierei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. thiollierei
Binomial name
Diaphus thiollierei
Fowler, 1934

Description edit

This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[3]

Etymology edit

The fish is named in honor of Victor Joseph de l’Isle Thiollière (1801–1859), a French civil engineer, geologist and paleoichthyologist, who reported on the fishes collected by French priest and biologist Xavier Montrouzier (1820–1897) from the Woodlark Archipelago in Papua, New Guinea in 1857[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus thiollierei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130286757A130414230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130286757A130414230.en. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. ^ Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus thiollierei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ 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.