Danaphos

Bottlelights
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present
37–0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae
Subfamily: Maurolicinae
Genus: Danaphos
Bruun, 1931

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: [1][2]

Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.[3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Danaphos in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (2004): TSN 162231 Danaphos. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02
  3. Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletin of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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