Danaphos
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| name = Bottlelights
| fossil_range = Middle Eocene to Present
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| taxon = Danaphos
| authority = Bruun, 1931
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Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Danaphos| month = February | year = 2012}}{{aut|Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)}} (2004): [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162231 TSN 162231 – Danaphos]. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02
- Danaphos asteroscopus Bruun, 1931
- Danaphos oculatus (Garman, 1899) (Bottlelights, Bigeye Lightfish)
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.{{aut|Sepkoski, Jack}} (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class HTML database excerpt]
References
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Category:Extant Eocene first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Anton Frederik Bruun
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