Diaphus fragilis

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hulley, P. |date=2015 |title=Diaphus fragilis |volume=2015 |page=e.T15598666A15603695 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15598666A15603695.en |access-date=20 January 2024}}

| taxon = Diaphus fragilis

| authority = Tåning, 1932

}}

Diaphus fragilis, the fragile lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish found in tropics worldwide.Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.