Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 122122 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Diaphus richardsoni Tåning, 1932
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Family
- 37 122 Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) - show full list
- Standard Name
- [a lanternfish]
- Organism Type
- a lanternfish
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
- Parent Codes
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37 122906
Diaphus spp.
- Taxon Notes
- Paxton et al 2026 noted this species was newly recorded for Australia based on 4 larvae (4-5 mm SL) from the Coral Sea off Cairns, Qld, identified by DNA (CO1 barcode) by Flynn and Paxton (2012).
- Record source and Scientific Name verified against
- Flynn, A.J. & Paxton, J.R., 2012. Spawning aggregation of the lanternfish Diaphus danae (family Myctophidae) in the north-western Coral Sea and associations with tuna aggregations., Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 63: 1255-1271. doi:10.1071/MF12185