Diaphus theta Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Myctophiformes
- family
- Myctophidae
- genus
- Diaphus
- species
- Diaphus theta
description
California Headlightfish. To 11.7 cm (4.6 in) SL (Shelekhov 2004). Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002), and southern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Depth: surface (Childress and Nygaard 1973) to 4,100 m (13,448 ft) (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California); typically above 800 m (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).