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Diaphus chrysorhynchus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

Golden-nosed lantern fish
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Diaphus chrysorhynchus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Australia country information

Common names: Goldnose lanternfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Based on 124 AM specimens from off Dampier to off Port Hedland, W.A. and off Raine Is., Qld (Ref. 7300).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Goldnose lanternfish, 相模眶灯鱼, 金鼻眶灯鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Gilbert & Cramer.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 213 - 587 m (Ref. 44036).   Deep-water; 41°N - 25°S, 95°E - 154°W

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