https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=indopacific_diaphus
Four species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo-Pacific
Basil
Nafpaktitis
Department of Biological Sciences Allan Hancock Foundation Building 107 University of Southern California
Author
Los Angles
California
US
Don
Robertson
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
Author
Private Bag 14-901
Wellington
Wellington
6241
NZ
John
Paxton
Division of Vertebrate Zoology Australian Museum
Author
P.O. Box A285, Sydney South
Sydney
NSW
AU
Basil
Nafpaktitis
Department of Biological Sciences Allan Hancock Foundation Building 107 University of Southern California
Author
Los Angles
California
US
Kevin
Mackay
kevin.mackay@niwa.co.nz
user
2021-05-06
eng
This dataset comes from a paper that describes four species of the genus Diaphus. Three of these are in the subgeneric group with a suborbital luminous organ and are members of the D. fulgens species group with a raised AOa1 photophore. D. impostor sp. nov. from the Indo-West Pacific is most similar to D. aliciae, differing in lower gill raker count and smaller size. D. wisneri sp. nov. from north of Hawaii and south Pacific lacks a luminous scale at the PLO and has a lower gill raker count than similar species. D. kora sp. nov. from north-east of New Zealand has a large luminous scale at the PLO, and a longer Vn and lower gill raker counts than similar species. D. kapalae sp. nov. from the south-western Pacific is most similar to D. splendidus and D. antonbruuni, from which it differs by the presence of an Ant, higher gill raker counts, and position of the VLO photophore.
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Specimen
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
marine, harvested by iOBIS
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Indo-Pacific region
-155.79
109.917
27.448
-34.183
Diaphus (Myctophidae)
species
Diaphus impostor
Imposter lanternfish
species
Diaphus kapalae
Kapala lanternfish
species
Diaphus kora
species
Diaphus wisneri
notPlanned
Basil
Nafpaktitis
Department of Biological Sciences Allan Hancock Foundation Building 107 University of Southern California
Author
Los Angles
California
US
2021-04-29T11:01:45.090+12:00
dataset
Nafpaktitis B, Robertson D, Paxton J (2021): Four species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo-Pacific. v1.1. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=indopacific_diaphus&v=1.1
Basil G. Nafpaktitis , Don A. Robertson & John R. Paxton (1995) Four new species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo‐Pacific, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 29:3, 335-344
https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?id=indopacific_diaphus/v1.1.xml