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Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871)

Blue lantern fish
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Jordan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/jo.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Khalaf, M.A., 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blue lanternfish, 蓝式眼眶鱼, 天蓝眶灯鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Klunzinger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 457 - 549 m (Ref. 26165).   Deep-water

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