WoRMS taxon details
Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871)
272663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272663)
accepted
Species
Diaphus caeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted
Myctophum caeruleum (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted
Myctophum caerulum (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted
Scopelus engraulis Günther, 1887 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272663 on 2025-12-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myctophum caeruleum (Klunzinger, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Scopelus engraulis Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Diaphus caeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diaphus coeruleus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus caeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum caeruleum (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum caerulum (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus engraulis Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myctophum caeruleum (Klunzinger, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Scopelus engraulis Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Diaphus caeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diaphus coeruleus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus caeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum caeruleum (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum caerulum (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus engraulis Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus coeruleus Klunzinger, 1871)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
