Animalia > Chordata > Myctophiformes > Myctophidae > Diaphus > Diaphus dumerilii

Diaphus dumerilii (Lanternfish; Lantern fish)

Synonyms:
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Predators

Chauliodus sloani (Dannevig's dragonfish)[2]
Illex argentinus (Argentine Shortfin Squid)[3]
Stomias affinis (Dragonfish)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hysterothylacium rigidum[4]
Scolex pleuronectis[4]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Trophic ecologyof the stomiid (Pisces: Stomiidae) fish assemblage of the eastern Gulf of Mexico: strategies, selectivity and impact of a top mesopelagic predator group, T. T. Sutton, T. L. Hopkins, Marine Biology (1996) 127:179-192
♦ 3CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0