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Kapala Lanternfish

Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton 1995

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Diaphus kapalae

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Diaphus kapalae, the Kapala lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. [1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the fisheries research vessel Kapala, which has collected numerous specimens off the coast of New South Wales, including the type specimen of this species.[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus kapalae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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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Diaphus kapalae: Brief Summary

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Diaphus kapalae, the Kapala lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

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