WoRMS taxon details
Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930
AphiaID: 158894
AphiaID: 158894
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family) > Diaphus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Diaphus Eigenmann, 1890 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] basis of record: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds primarily on zooplankton, especially copepods [details] Distribution: USA (Gulf Stream) to Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea [details] Habitat: Pseudoceanic, found over continental shelves and slopes. Occurs between 325-475 m during the day; between 40-250 m at night (maximum abundance in 100 m depth). [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Predators: Cape Hake [details] Reproduction: Fecundity is about 1,000 eggs per female [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158894 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158894 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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