WoRMS taxon details
Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913
217694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217694)
accepted
Species
Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Diaphus tanakae Gilbert, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Description Oceanic and mesopelagic. Occurs in the upper 85 m at night.
Description Oceanic and mesopelagic. Occurs in the upper 85 m at night. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217694 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Oceanic and mesopelagic. Occurs in the upper 85 m at night. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハナレハダカ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diaphus malayanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus tanakae Gilbert, 1913)
To FishBase images (Diaphus malayanus, by Dubosc, J.)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diaphus meyeri P09877 illustration) (from synonym Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diaphus malayanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus tanakae Gilbert, 1913)
To FishBase images (Diaphus malayanus, by Dubosc, J.)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diaphus meyeri P09877 illustration) (from synonym Diaphus meyeri Fowler, 1934)
To ITIS
