WoRMS taxon details
Diaphus vanhoeffeni (Brauer, 1906)
272698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272698)
accepted
Species
Diaphus lewisi Nafpaktitis, 1966 · unaccepted
Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diaphus vanhoeffeni (Brauer, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272698 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diaphus lewisi Nafpaktitis, 1966)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus lewisi Nafpaktitis, 1966)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diaphus lewisi Nafpaktitis, 1966)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus lewisi Nafpaktitis, 1966)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS