Scientific Name	Diaphus aliciae   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Fowler, 1934	Depth	100 - 1500M
Chinese	長距眶燈魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	燈籠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F200　Myctophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長距眶燈魚
Max Length	6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	燈籠魚、七星魚、光魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Between Bohol and Leyte islands, Philippines, Albatross sta. D.5233
Synonyms	Diaphus layi
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；A review of lanternfishes( Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and Tungsha Islands with notes on seventeen new records(Wang and Chen, 2001)  Fowler, H. W. 1934 Fowler, H. W. 1934 Fowler, H. W. 1934 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Wang, J. T.-M. etc. 2001 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061789. ASIZP0063781. ASIZP0063876. ASIZP0063881. ASIZP0063899. ASIZP0063904. ASIZP0063914. ASIZP0064074. ASIZP0064231. ASIZP0064407. ASIZP0066980. ASIZP0066989. ASIZP0070482. ASIZP0070485. ASIZP0900202. ASIZP0901273. NMMBP00672.
Common Name	Lanternfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. 14(13); A. 13(12); P. 10(11); G.R. 5-6 +1 +11-13, total 17-20; AO 5 (4-6) + 4 (3-5), total 9 (8-10) Operculum more or less angular posterodorsally, truncate or nearly so posteriorly. Origin of dorsal fin over base of ventral fin. Pectoral fin reaching base of ventral fin (shorter in the Indian Ocean population). Ventral fin long, extending to first or second AOa (just reaching origin of anal fin in Indian Ocean specimens). Base of adipose fin directly over or slightly behind end of base of anal fin. Vn short, one-half as long as distance between it and So, or even shorter. So small, one-quarter to one-third the size of a body photophores. A separate patch of luminous tissue is usually present in front of the Vn proper in mature males, whereas in oung males(33-36mm) a small, roundish luminous body may develop on top of the Vn; a number of adult males examined had no trace of sexually dimorphic luminous tissue in association with the Vn. However, in adult Indian Ocean males luminous tissue, apparentl originating from the Vn, grows forward to partially or entirely fill the space bordered by the eye, the olfactory organ and the upper jaw. PLO 1.5-2 times nearer to base of pectoral fin than to lateral line. VLO midway between base of ventral fin and lateral line or a little lower. SAO on a straight or somewhat angular line; SAO3 smaller than rest of organs of same series and 1.5-2 times its diameter below lateral line. AOa1 elevated. Pol under or slightly behind base of adipose fin and 1-2 times its own diameter below lateral line. The luminous scale at PLO is larger and thicker in adult males than in females of comparable sizes.
habitats	Mesopelagic
Distribution	Off southern and eastern Taiwan; Indo-Pacific.
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