Diaphus holti, the Small lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This species grows to a length of 7.0 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.
Diaphus holti | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Genus: | Diaphus |
Species: | D. holti
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Binomial name | |
Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Irish ichthyologist Ernest William Lyons Holt (1864-1922), being the first person who had ever identified a postlarva of the genus Myctophus.[1]
References
edit- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus holti". FishBase. April 2012 version.