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Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932. Lowlights Headlightfish. To 3.5 cm (1.4 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Atlantic
and Pacific; Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); well off central California (Wisner 1976) to central Baja
California (Berry and Perkins 1966). Near surface to 560 m (1,837 ft) (min.: Wisner 1976; max.: Hulley
in Smith and Heemstra 1986).
Diaphus pacificus Parr, 1931. To 3.5 cm (1.4 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Eastern tropical Pacific; southern Baja
California (25°N) to 15°S (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996), including Gulf of California (Galván-
Magaña et al. 1996). Epipelagic and mesopelagic (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996).
Diaphus theta Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890. 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). At surface (Childress and Nygaard 1973) to 1,690 m (5,532 ft [922 fathoms]; Hart
1973), typically above 800 m (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Diaphus trachops Wisner, 1974. Rougheye Headlightfish. To 6.4 cm (2.5 in) SL. Central Pacific and central
California. To depths of 100 m (328 ft) or more. All in Wisner (1974).
Diogenichthys atlanticus (Tåning, 1928). Longfin Lanternfish. To 2.9 cm (1.1 in) SL (Nafpaktitis et al. 1977).
Circumglobal; Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); northern California (Berry and Perkins 1966) to northern
Chile (Sielfeld et al. 1995). At depths of 10–1,250 m (33–4,101 ft; Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984).
Diogenichthys laternatus (Garman, 1899). Diogenes Lanternfish. To 2.5 cm (1 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Point
Conception, southern California (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996) to Chile (Wisner 1976), including
Gulf of California (Galván-Magaña et al. 1996). Surface to 650 m (2,132 ft; Wisner 1976).
Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829). Chubby Flashlightfish or Chubby Lanternfish. To 9 cm (3.5 in) SL (Wisner
1976). Circumglobal; Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002), southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995); Oregon
(Matarese et al. 1989) to Chile (Nafpaktitis et al. 1977). At depths of 90–750 m (295–2,460 ft; Hulley in
Smith and Heemstra 1986).
Gonichthys tenuiculus (Garman, 1899). To 5 cm (2 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Northern Baja California (Wisner
1976) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Larvae have been taken somewhat further north at about 32°N, 122°W
(Moser et al. 1993). Surface to mesopelagic (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996).
Hygophum atratum (Garman, 1899). Thickhead Flashlightfish. To 6 cm (2.4 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Eastern
Pacific; southern California to Gulf of California (Wisner 1976). However, larvae have been taken
between southern Baja California and Peru (Ambrose et al. 2002). Surface to mesopelagic depths.
Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965. To 5 cm (2 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Pacific and Indian oceans; Japan
(Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); off San Diego, southern California (32°N, 124°W; SIO 88-55) to Chile
(Pequeño 1989). Epipelagic and mesopelagic (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996).
Hygophum reinhardti (Lütken, 1892). Broadhead Lanternfish or Slender Lanternfish. To 6.1 cm (2.4 in) SL
(Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984). Pacific and Atlantic, mostly between 40°N and 40°S; Japan (Nakabo
in Nakabo 2002); in eastern Pacific from about 40°N (Bekker 1983) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Reported
from Gulf of Alaska (Wilimovsky 1954, 1958; Quast and Hall 1972) but documentation evidently lacking
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Surface to 3,000 m (9,842 ft; Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984).
Lampadena urophaos Paxton, 1963. Sunbeam Lampfish or Torchlight Lanternfish. To 23.7 cm (9.3 in) SL
(Karnella 1987). Atlantic and Pacific; throughout most of Pacific; Japan and British Columbia (Peden
and Hughes 1986) to Chile (Pequeño 1989) and westward to Hawaii (Wisner 1976). Near surface to
1,000 m (3,280 ft; Moore et al. 2003).
Lampedena yaquinae (Coleman & Nafpaktitis, 1972). To 17.6 cm (6.9 in) SL (Savinykh and Balanov 1999).
North Pacific; Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) and Oregon (Coleman and Nafpaktitis 1972). At
depths of 130–900 m (426–2,953 ft; Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984).
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