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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. metopoclampus
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Binomial name | |
Diaphus metopoclampus (
Cocco, 1829)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The spothead lantern fish (Diaphus metopoclampus), also called the bluntnose lanternfish, [3] is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae (lanternfish). [4] [5]
Its specific name is from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (metōpon, "forehead") and λαμπάς (lampas, "lantern"). [6]
The spothead lantern fish is black and pink in colour, with a maximum length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). [7] [8] It has a deep and short head and prominent photophores in its head. [9]
Diaphus metopoclampus is bathypelagic and non-migratory, living at depths of 90–1,085 m (295–3,560 ft) in non-polar seas worldwide, typically on the continental slope. [10] [7]
The spothead lantern fish attains sexual maturity at 4.8 cm (1.9 in) in length; it spawns in the spring and summer. [11]
Spothead lantern fish | |
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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. metopoclampus
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Binomial name | |
Diaphus metopoclampus (
Cocco, 1829)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The spothead lantern fish (Diaphus metopoclampus), also called the bluntnose lanternfish, [3] is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae (lanternfish). [4] [5]
Its specific name is from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (metōpon, "forehead") and λαμπάς (lampas, "lantern"). [6]
The spothead lantern fish is black and pink in colour, with a maximum length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). [7] [8] It has a deep and short head and prominent photophores in its head. [9]
Diaphus metopoclampus is bathypelagic and non-migratory, living at depths of 90–1,085 m (295–3,560 ft) in non-polar seas worldwide, typically on the continental slope. [10] [7]
The spothead lantern fish attains sexual maturity at 4.8 cm (1.9 in) in length; it spawns in the spring and summer. [11]