Danaphos
| Bottlelights Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| 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:
- Danaphos asteroscopus Bruun, 1931
- Danaphos oculatus (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.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Danaphos". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (2004): TSN 162231 – Danaphos. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364. p. 560. HTML database excerpt.
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