Diaphus impostor
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. impostor
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus impostor Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995
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Diaphus impostor, the imposter lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[2][3]
Etymology
The epithet impostor refers to the resemblance of this species to, and the possibility of confusion with, D. aliciae.[4]
References
- ↑ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus impostor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T130263812A130414105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130263812A130414105.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/130263812/130414105. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ↑ Paxton, J.R. and P.A. Hulley, 1999. Myctophidae. Lanternfishes. p. 1957-1964. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Diaphus impostor" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2687703 entry
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