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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55|0}} <br />Early [[Eocene]] to present<ref>{{cite journal
|last=Sepkoski
|first=Jack
|author-link= Jack Sepkoski
|title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology
|volume=363
|pages=1–560
|date=2002
|url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
|access-date=2007-12-25
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
|archive-date=2011-07-23
}}</ref>
| image = Diaphus metopoclampus.jpg
| image_caption = Spothead lantern fish ''(D. metopoclampus)''
| taxon = Diaphus
| authority = [[Carl H. Eigenmann|C. H. Eigenmann]] & [[Rosa Smith Eigenmann|R. S. Eigenmann]], 1890
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 77 species (see [[#Species|text]])
}}
[[File:Diaphus effulgens.jpg|thumb|right| [[Headlight fish]] ''(D. effulgens)'']]
'''''Diaphus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lanternfish]]es.<ref name=CoF/><ref name=FishBase/><ref name="Nafpaktitis et al. 1995"/> It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.<ref name="Nafpaktitis et al. 1995"/>
==Species==
There are 77 recognized species:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Diaphus| month = October | year = 2016}}</ref>
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* ''[[Diaphus adenomus]]'' <small>[[Charles Henry Gilbert|C. H. Gilbert]], 1905</small> (Gilbert's large lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus aliciae]]'' <small>[[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus anderseni]]'' <small>[[Åge Vedel Tåning|Tåning]], 1932</small> (Andersen's lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus antonbruuni]]'' <small>[[Basil George Nafpaktitis|B. G. Nafpaktitis]], 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus arabicus]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus basileusi]]'' <small>[[Vladimir Eduardovich Becker|Becker]] & [[Victor Gavrilovich Prut'ko|Prut'ko]], 1984</small>
* ''[[Diaphus bertelseni]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1966</small> (Bertelsen's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus brachycephalus]]'' <small>Tåning, 1928</small> (short-headed lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus burtoni]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus chrysorhynchus]]'' <small>C. H. Gilbert & [[Frank Cramer|Cramer]], 1897</small> (golden-nosed lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus coeruleus]]'' <small>([[Carl Benjamin Klunzinger|Klunzinger]], 1871)</small> (blue lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus confusus]]'' <small>[[Vladimir Eduardovich Becker|Becker]], 1992</small>
* ''[[Diaphus dahlgreni]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus danae]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (Dana lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus dehaveni]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus diadematus]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (crown lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus diademophilus]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus drachmanni]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (Drachmann's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus dumerilii]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1856)</small>
* ''[[Headlight fish|Diaphus effulgens]]'' <small>([[George Brown Goode|Goode]] & [[Tarleton Hoffman Bean|T. H. Bean]], 1896)</small>
* ''[[Diaphus ehrhorni]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus faustinoi]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus fragilis]]'' <small>Tåning, 1928</small> (fragile lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus fulgens]]'' <small>([[August Bernhard Brauer|A. B. Brauer]], 1904)</small>
* ''[[Diaphus garmani]]'' <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1906</small> (Garman's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus gigas]]'' <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1913</small>
* ''[[Diaphus handi]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus holti]]'' <small>Tåning, 1918</small> (small lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus hudsoni]]'' <small>Zurbrigg & W. B. Scott, 1976</small> (Hudson's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus impostor]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, [[Don A. Robertson|D. A. Robertson]] & [[John Richard Paxton|Paxton]], 1995</small> (imposter lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus jenseni]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (Jensen's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus kapalae]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995</small> (Kapala lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus knappi]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus kora]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995</small>
* ''[[Diaphus kuroshio]]'' <small>[[Kouichi Kawaguchi|Kawaguchi]] & B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus lobatus]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus lucidus]]'' <small>(Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)</small> (spotlight lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus lucifrons]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus luetkeni]]'' <small>([[August Bernhard Brauer|A. B. Brauer]], 1904)</small> (Luetken's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus malayanus]]'' <small>[[Max Carl Wilhelm Weber|M. C. W. Weber]], 1913</small> (Malayan lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus mascarensis]]'' <small>Becker, 1990</small>
* ''[[Diaphus meadi]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small> (Mead's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus megalops]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus metopoclampus]]'' <small>([[Anastasio Cocco|Cocco]], 1829)</small> (spothead lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus minax]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1968</small>
* ''[[Diaphus mollis]]'' <small>Tåning, 1928</small> (soft lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus nielseni]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978</small>
* ''[[Diaphus ostenfeldi]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (Ostenfeld's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus pacificus]]'' <small>[[Albert Eide Parr|A. E. Parr]], 1931</small> (Pacific headlightfish)
* ''[[Diaphus pallidus]]'' <small>[[Jakob Gjøsæter|Gjøsæter]], 1989</small>
* ''[[Diaphus parini]]'' <small>Becker, 1992</small>
* ''[[Diaphus parri]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (Parr's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus perspicillatus]]'' <small>([[James Douglas Ogilby|J. D. Ogilby]], 1898)</small> (transparent lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus phillipsi]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Bolin's lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus problematicus]]'' <small>A. E. Parr, 1928</small> (problematic lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus rafinesquii]]'' <small>(Cocco, 1838)</small> (white-spotted lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus regani]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small> (Regan's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus richardsoni]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small>
* ''[[Diaphus rivatoni]]'' <small>[[Philippe Bourret (ichthyologist)|Bourret]], 1985</small>
* ''[[Diaphus roei]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1974</small>
* ''[[Diaphus sagamiensis]]'' <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1913</small>
* ''[[Diaphus schmidti]]'' <small>Tåning, 1932</small>
* ''[[Diaphus signatus]]'' <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1908</small>
* ''[[Diaphus similis]]'' <small>[[Robert Lester Wisner|Wisner]], 1974</small>
* ''[[Diaphus splendidus]]'' <small>(A. B. Brauer, 1904)</small> (horned lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus suborbitalis]]'' <small>[[Max Carl Wilhelm Weber|M. C. W. Weber]], 1913</small>
* ''[[Diaphus subtilis]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1968</small>
* ''[[Diaphus taaningi]]'' <small>[[John Roxborough Norman|Norman]], 1930</small>
* ''[[Diaphus termophilus]]'' <small>Tåning, 1928</small> (Taaning's lantern fish)
* ''[[Diaphus theta]]'' <small>[[Carl H. Eigenmann|C. H. Eigenmann]] & [[Rosa Smith Eigenmann|R. S. Eigenmann]], 1890</small> (California headlightfish)
* ''[[Diaphus thiollierei]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Thiolliere's lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus trachops]]'' <small>Wisner, 1974</small>
* ''[[Diaphus umbroculus]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus vanhoeffeni]]'' <small>(A. B. Brauer, 1906)</small>
* ''[[Diaphus watasei]]'' <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Edwin Chapin Starks|Starks]], 1904</small> (Watases lanternfish)
* ''[[Diaphus whitleyi]]'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
* ''[[Diaphus wisneri]]'' <small>B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995</small>
}}
==References==
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<ref name=CoF>{{cite web |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4468 |title=Catalog of Fishes |editor1=Eschmeyer, W. N. |editor2=R. Fricke |editor3=R. van der Laan |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=California Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="Nafpaktitis et al. 1995">{{cite journal |last1=Nafpaktitis|first1=Basil G.|last2=Robertson|first2=Don A.|last3=Paxton|first3=John R.|title=Four new species of the lanternfish genus ''Diaphus'' (Myctophidae) from the Indo-Pacific|journal=New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |date=1995 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=335–344 |doi=10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668|doi-access=free|bibcode=1995NZJMF..29..335N }}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Myctophidae]]
[[Category:Extant Eocene first appearances]]
[[Category:Marine fish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann]]
[[Category:Species described in 1890]]