Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 189

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12711975
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scientific name	Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 6 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 30-600 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal: in tropical to subtropical waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from Morocco to Angola, found in the area west of 08°W between 34°N to 23°S, but it is absent from Mauritanian upwelling region and the south-east sector east of 08°W. Record for Gabon: MCZ 121548-1970.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Myctophiformes
Family	Myctophidae
Genus	Diaphus

Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928

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