Four species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo-Pacific

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Description

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.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

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

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Basil Nafpaktitis

Metadata Provider ●
Originator ●
Point Of Contact

Author

Department of Biological Sciences Allan Hancock Foundation Building 107 University of Southern California

Los Angles

California

Don Robertson

Originator

Author

National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research

Private Bag 14-901

6241 Wellington

Wellington

John Paxton

Originator

Author

Division of Vertebrate Zoology Australian Museum

P.O. Box A285, Sydney South

Sydney

NSW

Kevin Mackay

User

[email protected]

Geographic Coverage

Indo-Pacific region

Bounding Coordinates	South West [-34.183, -155.79], North East [27.448, 109.917]

Taxonomic Coverage

Diaphus (Myctophidae)

Species	Diaphus impostor (Imposter lanternfish), Diaphus kapalae (Kapala lanternfish), Diaphus kora, Diaphus wisneri

Bibliographic Citations

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 DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers	https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=indopacific_diaphus