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Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Diaphus

Headlightfishes

WoRMS 125819ITIS 162583GBIF 2406168key worms:125819
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162583 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Diaphus
Photo · NOAA, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.W CalCOFI holds 4,048 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2022, as larva, across 5 taxa under it.R

4,048
observations
4,048
records
3,730
sampling events
1951–2022
years
2
datasets
4
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 3,730 obs · 3,730 events · 1951–2022 · larva
    name used: Diaphus Headlightfishes · code 228

Under it · 4 taxa

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125819%22