| Diaphus bertelseni | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. bertelseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus bertelseni Nafpaktitis, 1966 | |
Diaphus bertelseni, or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis.
Etymology
The species epithet, bertelseni, honours the Danish ichthyologist, Erik Bertelsen.
Habitat and distribution
Diaphus bertelseni lives in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Eastern Pacific at depths up to 300 meters. They are mostly at 200 to 300 meters deep during the day, and 60 to 175 meters deep at night.
Description
Diaphus bertelseni grows to a length of 9.1 cm, and can have up to 15 dorsal fins, 15 anal fins, 8 pelvic fins, 18 gill rakers, and 35 lateral lines. Their coloring is dark with paler photophores.
References
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Diaphus bertelseni". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "Diaphus bertelseni summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ Basil Nafpaktitis (1966). "Two new fishes of the myctophid genus Diaphus from the Atlantic Ocean". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 133 (9): 401-424 figs 1-11 . ISSN 0027-4100. Wikidata Q114068007.
- ^ "Western Atlantic Fish // Diaphus bertelseni". watlfish.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
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