Diaphus faustinoi

Diaphus faustinoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. faustinoi
Binomial name
Diaphus faustinoi
Fowler, 1934

Diaphus faustinoi is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the western-central Pacific Ocean. [2][3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Leopoldo A. Faustino (1892–1935), a geologist, a mineralogist and a conchologist with the Bureau of Science, in Manila, Philippines,[4]

References

  1. ^ Williams, J.T., Carpenter, K.E., Arceo, H., Quiazon, K.M., Muallil, R. & Nanola, C. (2019). "Diaphus faustinoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T114169573A114169594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T114169573A114169594.en. Retrieved 14 January 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1–28.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus faustinoi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ 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.


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