Diaphus megalops

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, A. |date=2019 |title=Diaphus megalops |volume=2019 |page=e.T130282156A130414145 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130282156A130414145.en |access-date=13 January 2024}}

| taxon = Diaphus megalops

| authority = Nafpaktitis, 1978

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Diaphus megalops is a species of lanternfish found in the Indo-west Pacific.Nafpaktitis, B.G., 1978. Systematics and distribution of lanternfishes of the genera Lobianchia and Diaphus (Myctophidae) in the Indian Ocean. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, Sci. Bull. 30:1-92.

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|8.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Diaphus |species= megalops| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish's name means large eyes.{{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

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Category:Myctophidae

Category:Taxa named by Basil Nafpaktitis

Category:Fish described in 1978

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