Deep-Sea taxon details
Diaphus lucidus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
126593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126593)
accepted
Species
Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Diaphus monodi Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Diaphus reidi Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details] 
Distribution off Banquereau Bank to Brazil with isolated specimens to Argentina
Distribution off Banquereau Bank to Brazil with isolated specimens to Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diaphus lucidus (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126593 on 2026-10-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Diaphus lucidus (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126593 on 2026-10-03
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(of Diaphus monodi 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]
original description (of Diaphus reidi 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]
original description (of Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
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]
original description (of Diaphus reidi 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]
original description (of Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution off Banquereau Bank to Brazil with isolated specimens to Argentina [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat oceanic and mesopelagic, found between 425-750 m during the day and between 40-550 m at night (most abundant below 200 m at night) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カンムリハダカ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diaphus lucidus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus monodi Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus reidi Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aethoprora lucida P00282 illustration) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diaphus lucida P09875 illustration) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diaphus reidi P09886 illustration) (from synonym Diaphus reidi Fowler, 1934)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diaphus lucidus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus monodi Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Diaphus reidi Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aethoprora lucida P00282 illustration) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diaphus lucida P09875 illustration) (from synonym Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diaphus reidi P09886 illustration) (from synonym Diaphus reidi Fowler, 1934)
To PESI
To ITIS
