Scientific Name	Diaphus luetkeni   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Brauer, 1904)	Depth	40 - 750M
Chinese	呂氏眶燈魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	燈籠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F200　Myctophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	呂氏眶燈魚
Max Length	6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	燈籠魚、七星魚、光魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	4 Valdivia stations in Indian Ocean
Synonyms	Diaphus leutkeni, Diaphus lutkani, Diaphus lutkeni, Diaphus lütkeni, Diaphus lutkeni pacificus, Myctophum luetkeni
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；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)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)  Brauer, A. 1904 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Wang, J. T.-M. etc. 2001 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0063780. ASIZP0063869. ASIZP0063874. ASIZP0064120. ASIZP0066276. ASIZP0066729. ASIZP0070461. ASIZP0070478. ASIZP0801514. ASIZP0901293. ASIZP0911514. ZMUCP2338337-*. ZMUCP2338338-*. ZMUCP2338339-*.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Lanternfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. 16 (15-17); A. 15 (14-16); P. 11(12); GR 6-7 + 1 + 13-14, total 20-22; AO 6 (5-7) + 4-5 (6), total 10-11 (12) Origin of anal fin well in advance of end of base of dorsal fin. Ventral fin long, extending beyong origin of anal fin. A small, round, forward-directed Dn in a shallow recess immediately above nasal organ. Vn long, extending along almost entire ventral border of eye, terminating behind vertical through posterior margin of pupil, its dorsal border with 3-5 small, round projections protruding into iris; same organ longer and much broader in adult males, the first signs of sexual dimorphism appearing in young males about 28 mm long. PLO nearer to base of pectoral fin than to lateral line. VLO mideay between base of ventral fin and lateral line or a little higher. SAO1 at level of, or slightly higher than, VO5; SAO3 less than its diameter below lateral line. AOa1 abruptly elevated; last AOa usually somewhat raised. Pol its diameter or less below lateral line. AOp1 often over base of anal fin. A luminous scale at PLO, its size about 3 times that of a body photophores.
habitats	Oceanic species. Found between 375-750 m during the day and between 40-325 m at night.
Distribution	Off eastern and southern Taiwan. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical waters with extensions into higher latitudes in western boundary currents. Known from about 20°N to about 11°S in the eastern Atlantic.
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