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Diaphus mascarensis Becker 1990

Biology

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Taken in bottom trawls, probably benthopelagic (Ref. 41745).

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Diaphus mascarensis

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Diaphus mascarensis is a species of lanternfish found in the Western Indian Ocean. ^[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 14.4 cm (5.7 in).^[2]

References

^ Bekker, V.E. and Y.N. Shcherbachev, 1990. Bathypelagic species of the families Neoscopelidae and Myctophidae from the Indian Ocean, with a description of a new species of Diaphus. J. Ichthyol. 30(7):122-134.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus mascarensis" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

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Diaphus mascarensis: Brief Summary

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Diaphus mascarensis is a species of lanternfish found in the Western Indian Ocean.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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