Diaphus anderseni

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hulley, P. |date=2015 |title=Diaphus anderseni |volume=2015 |page=e.T190404A15603120 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190404A15603120.en |access-date=21 January 2024}}

| taxon = Diaphus anderseni

| authority = Tåning, 1932

}}

Diaphus anderseni, also known as Andersen's lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|3.2|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Diaphus |species= anderseni| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Tåning's friend, N. C. Andersen, physician on board the Danish research vessel Dana which embarqued on different cruises in the northern and the southern seas.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/ | title =Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes) | access-date= 1 March 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

References

Category:Myctophidae

Category:Taxa named by Åge Vedel Tåning

Category:Fish described in 1932