Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Myctophiformes > Family Myctophidae > Genus Diaphus

Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diaphus*	Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890	accepted genus name
*Aethoprora*	Goode & Bean, 1896	synonym
*Nyctophus*	Cocco, 1829	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Μικρό φανόψαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: isildak baligi

Literature

original description	Tåning, A. V. (1918). Mediterranean Scopelidae (Saurus, Aulopus, Chlorophthalmus and Myctophum). Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas. v. 2 (Biol.) (A. 7): 1-154.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Diaphus holti, Spain, by García Rodríguez, M.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126592