THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diaphus diadematus Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus diademophilus Nafpaktitis, 1978 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus drachmanni Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus draconis Schwarzhans, 2013 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Diaphus dumerilii (Bleeker, 1856) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Headlight fishDiaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean, 1896) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus ehrhorni Fowler, 1934 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus exilis Schwarzhans, 2019 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Diaphus faustinoi Fowler, 1934 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fragile lantern fishDiaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus fulgens (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus garmani Gilbert, 1906 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant headlightfishDiaphus gigas Gilbert, 1913 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus handi Fowler, 1934 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hudson's lanternfishDiaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg & Scott, 1976 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus impostor Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus jenseni Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus kaiparaensis Schwarzhans, 2019 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus knappi Nafpaktitis, 1978 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus kora Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuroshio headlightfishDiaphus kuroshio Kawaguchi & Nafpaktitis, 1978 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus lobatus Nafpaktitis, 1978 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus lucidus (Goode & Bean, 1896) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus lucifrons Fowler, 1934 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus luetkeni (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus marwicki (Frost, 1933) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Diaphus mascarensis Becker, 1990 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus megalops Nafpaktitis, 1978 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spothead lantern fishDiaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus minax Nafpaktitis, 1968 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus mirus Schwarzhans, 2019 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Soft lanternfishDiaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus nielseni Nafpaktitis, 1978 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus ostenfeldi Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus pacificus Parr, 1931 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus pallidus Gjøsaeter, 1989 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus parini Becker, 1992 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus parri Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Transparent lantern fishDiaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus phillipsi Fowler, 1934 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus problematicus Parr, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus pseudopulcher Schwarzhans, 1980 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| white-spotted lantern fishDiaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Regan's lanternfishDiaphus regani Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Richardson's headlightfishDiaphus richardsoni Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus rivatoni Bourret, 1985 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diaphus roei Nafpaktitis, 1974 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.