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Diaphus trachops Wisner, 1974

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: stray
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: A single male paratype (LACM 6880-4) was taken about 8 miles west-northwest of Pt. Pinos, Monterey Co., California which may be regarded as stray (Ref. 7454).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wisner, R.L., 1974
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Common names from other countries

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);  trachops: From the uneven surface of the lower orbital margin ['trachops' = rough; ''ops' = eye]..

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 686 m (Ref. 7454).   Deep-water

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