''Danaphos'' is an
oceanic
ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the
family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Danaphos asteroscopus
''Danaphos'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* '' Danaphos asteroscopus'' Bruun, 1931
* '' Danap ...
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, 1931
* ''
Danaphos oculatus
''Danaphos'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''Danaphos asteroscopus'' Bruun, 1931
* '' Danaph ...
''
( Garman, 1899) (Bottlelights, Bigeye Lightfish)
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the
Late Eocene, more than 35
million years ago.
[ (2002): 'Danaphos'' ''In:'' A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' 364: 560]
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References
Sternoptychidae
Extant Eocene first appearances
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Anton Frederik Bruun
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