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Diaphus theta Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 
AphiaID: 272694

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
Synonymised
taxa		  Myctophum protoculus Gilbert, 1891
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English california headlightfish  [details]
French lampe-de-tête à taches blanches  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
Host of  Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (444 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Image 
Diaphus theta
Diaphus theta
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272694
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Diaphus theta Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890. 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=272694 on 2013-05-20
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