86: MYCTOPHIDAE (LANTERNFlSHES)
014-15 ; A 13-15; P 9-10; GR 6+(13-15); AO (5-7)+(4-6).
Attains 50 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; upper 85 m
(night). Taken once in our area at 33°48.8'S, 27°47.9'E;
Indo-Pacific.
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86.21 Diaphus jenseni: 2.5 em SL.
86.22 Diaphus knappi
Nafpaktitis, 1978
?Diaphus elucens (non Brauer): Smith, SFSA No. 201* (in part).
Diaphus knappi Nafpaktitis, 1978: 45, Figs. 43,45 (23°36.4'S, 43°31 'E).
015; A 15-16; P 11; GR 6+(12-15); AO (5-7)+ (4-6).
Attains 173 mm. Pseudoceanic, epibenthic: 122 - 664 m.
Off southwest Madagascar, at Saya de Malha Bank
(07°13'S, 60 0 05'E) and southeast of Zanzibar; South Pacific
(19°14'S, 151°28'W) .
86.22 Diaphus knappi: 9 em SL female holotype (after Nafpaktitis, 1978).
86.23 Diaphus lucidus
(Goode & Bean, 1896)
Aethoprora Lucida Goode & Bean, 1896: 87, PI. 27, Fig. 102 (19°45'N,
75°04'W). Diaphus lucidus: Norman, 1930: 335; Wisner, 1976: 115*; Nafpaktitis, 1978: 50*; Kawaguchi & Shimizu, 1978: 102*; Hulley, 1981: 145*;
1984: 58. Diaphus fulgens (non Brauer): Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283 (in
part).
D 16-18; A 17-19; P 10-12; GR (4-6)+(11-14); AO (6-8)+(4-6).
Attains 118 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 425 - 750 m
(day); 40 - 550 m (night); size stratification with depth both
day and night. In Agulhas Current and off west coast in
Agulhas Water pockets. Atlantic (40 0 N-38°S, but absent in
Benguela Upwelling Region); also Indo-Pacific.
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86.23 Diaphus lucidus: 4.5 em SL
86.24 Diaphus luetkeni
(Brauer, 1904)
Myctophum (Nyctophus) liitkeni Brauer, 1904: 400 (Indian Ocean).
Diaphus lutkeni: Norman , 1930: 333. Diaphus lutkeni: Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283 (in part). Diaphus luetkeni: Nafpaktitis, 1978: 42*;
Kawaguchi & Shimizu, 1978: 85*; Kotthaus, 1979: 52*; Hulley, 1981: 146*;
1984: 72; Gj0saeter, 1981: 220.
015-17; A 14-16; P 11-12; GR (6-7)+(14-26); AO (5-7)+(4-6).
Attains 60 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 375 - 750 m
(day); 40 - 325 m (night). In Agulhas Current to 37°S.
Atlantic (42°N-11°S), also Indo-Pacific.
86.24 Diaphus luetkeni: 4 em SL.
86.25 Diaphus malayanus
Weber, 1913
Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913: 89, Fig. 30 (Halmahera and Banda
Seas); Wisner, 1976: 113*; Nafpaktitis, 1978: 20*; Kawaguchi & Shimizu,
1978: 117*.
86.25 Diaphus malayanus: 4.5 em SL female (after Nafpaktitis, 1978).
014-15 ; A 13-15; P 9-10; GR 6+(13-15); AO (5-7)+(4-6).
Attains 50 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; upper 85 m
(night). Taken once in our area at 33°48.8'S, 27°47.9'E;
Indo-Pacific.
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86.21 Diaphus jenseni: 2.5 em SL.
86.22 Diaphus knappi
Nafpaktitis, 1978
?Diaphus elucens (non Brauer): Smith, SFSA No. 201* (in part).
Diaphus knappi Nafpaktitis, 1978: 45, Figs. 43,45 (23°36.4'S, 43°31 'E).
015; A 15-16; P 11; GR 6+(12-15); AO (5-7)+ (4-6).
Attains 173 mm. Pseudoceanic, epibenthic: 122 - 664 m.
Off southwest Madagascar, at Saya de Malha Bank
(07°13'S, 60 0 05'E) and southeast of Zanzibar; South Pacific
(19°14'S, 151°28'W) .
86.22 Diaphus knappi: 9 em SL female holotype (after Nafpaktitis, 1978).
86.23 Diaphus lucidus
(Goode & Bean, 1896)
Aethoprora Lucida Goode & Bean, 1896: 87, PI. 27, Fig. 102 (19°45'N,
75°04'W). Diaphus lucidus: Norman, 1930: 335; Wisner, 1976: 115*; Nafpaktitis, 1978: 50*; Kawaguchi & Shimizu, 1978: 102*; Hulley, 1981: 145*;
1984: 58. Diaphus fulgens (non Brauer): Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283 (in
part).
D 16-18; A 17-19; P 10-12; GR (4-6)+(11-14); AO (6-8)+(4-6).
Attains 118 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 425 - 750 m
(day); 40 - 550 m (night); size stratification with depth both
day and night. In Agulhas Current and off west coast in
Agulhas Water pockets. Atlantic (40 0 N-38°S, but absent in
Benguela Upwelling Region); also Indo-Pacific.
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86.23 Diaphus lucidus: 4.5 em SL
86.24 Diaphus luetkeni
(Brauer, 1904)
Myctophum (Nyctophus) liitkeni Brauer, 1904: 400 (Indian Ocean).
Diaphus lutkeni: Norman , 1930: 333. Diaphus lutkeni: Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283 (in part). Diaphus luetkeni: Nafpaktitis, 1978: 42*;
Kawaguchi & Shimizu, 1978: 85*; Kotthaus, 1979: 52*; Hulley, 1981: 146*;
1984: 72; Gj0saeter, 1981: 220.
015-17; A 14-16; P 11-12; GR (6-7)+(14-26); AO (5-7)+(4-6).
Attains 60 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 375 - 750 m
(day); 40 - 325 m (night). In Agulhas Current to 37°S.
Atlantic (42°N-11°S), also Indo-Pacific.
86.24 Diaphus luetkeni: 4 em SL.
86.25 Diaphus malayanus
Weber, 1913
Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913: 89, Fig. 30 (Halmahera and Banda
Seas); Wisner, 1976: 113*; Nafpaktitis, 1978: 20*; Kawaguchi & Shimizu,
1978: 117*.
86.25 Diaphus malayanus: 4.5 em SL female (after Nafpaktitis, 1978).