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Bertelsen's Lanternfish

Diaphus bertelseni

Classification

Diaphus bertelseni, or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis. Etymology The species epithet, bertelseni, honours the Danish ichthyologist, Erik Bertelsen. Habitat and distribution Diaphus bertelseni lives in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Eastern Pacific at depths up to 300 meters.

Distribution

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