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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 549 m (Ref. 46206). Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: Japan (559) and Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 46892)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Wang, J.T.-M. and C.-T. Chen, 2001. A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126. (Ref. 39633)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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