Flatface Lanternfish, Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby 1898)

Other Names: Transparent Lantern Fish

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Diaphus perspicillatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3097

Flatface Lanternfish, Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby 1898)

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Distribution	Off Port Gregory to off Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia, and NE of Cairns, Queensland, to off Batemans Bay, New South Wales; also the Lord Howe Province and Norfolk Island region in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in tropical to temperate seas, except for the Eastern Pacific. An oceanic, mesopelagic species that undertakes daily vertical migrations from 375-750 m during the day, to feed in the upper 0-125 m at night.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin perspicillatus (= spectacled), 'in reference to the pair of supernumerary photophores in front of the eyes'.
Species Citation	Aethoprora perspicillata Ogilby 1898, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(1): 36. Type locality: Lord Howe Island.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Flatface Lanternfish, Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby 1898)

References

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