Diaphus malayanus

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, A. |date=2019 |title=Diaphus malayanus |volume=2019 |page=e.T130281858A130414140 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130281858A130414140.en |access-date=8 January 2024}}

| taxon = Diaphus malayanus

| authority = M. C. W. Weber, 1913

}}

Diaphus malayanus, the Malayan lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the western Pacific Ocean.Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|4.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Diaphus |species= malayanus| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named because it was found in the Malay Archipelago.{{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 Max Carl Wilhelm Weber

Category:Fish described in 1913