Diaphus gigas | |
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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. gigas
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Binomial name | |
Diaphus gigas
C. H. Gilbert, 1913
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Diaphus gigas is a species of lanternfish found in the northern Pacific Ocean. [2] [3]
This species reaches a length of 17.0 cm (6.7 in). [4]
The fish is named in because it is large, at 170 mm TL, the largest species in Gilbert's monograph on the lanternfishes of Japan. [4]
Diaphus gigas | |
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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. gigas
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Binomial name | |
Diaphus gigas
C. H. Gilbert, 1913
|
Diaphus gigas is a species of lanternfish found in the northern Pacific Ocean. [2] [3]
This species reaches a length of 17.0 cm (6.7 in). [4]
The fish is named in because it is large, at 170 mm TL, the largest species in Gilbert's monograph on the lanternfishes of Japan. [4]