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Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Weber.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 387 - 1537 m (Ref. 27311). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: widely distributed in the region. South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44036)

Lipid content is 7.9 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 3.7 % in total lipids (Ref. 9193).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Paxton, John | Collaborators

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). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Diaphus suborbitalis Weber, 1913