Diaphus bertelseni
{{short description|Species of lanternfish}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| authority = Nafpaktitis, 1966
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Diaphus bertelseni, or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Diaphus-bertelseni|title=Diaphus bertelseni summary page|last=|first=|date=|website=FishBase|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-08}}{{cite Q|Q114068007|pages= 401-424 figs 1-11 [405, figs 2-5]|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4783031}}
Etymology
The species epithet, bertelseni, honours the Danish ichthyologist, Erik Bertelsen.
Habitat and distribution
Diaphus bertelseni lives in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Eastern Pacific at depths up to 300 meters. They are mostly at 200 to 300 meters deep during the day, and 60 to 175 meters deep at night.{{Cite web|url=http://watlfish.com/species/myctophidae-1/archives/2013/03/01/diaphus-bertelseni/|title=Western Atlantic Fish // Diaphus bertelseni|website=watlfish.com|access-date=2019-04-08}}
Description
Diaphus bertelseni grows to a length of 9.1 cm, and can have up to 15 dorsal fins, 15 anal fins, 8 pelvic fins, 18 gill rakers, and 35 lateral lines. Their coloring is dark with paler photophores.
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Category:Taxa named by Basil Nafpaktitis
Category:Fish described in 1966
Category:Fish of the East Atlantic
Category:Fish of the Western Atlantic
Category:Fish of the Pacific Ocean
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