Diaphus vanhoeffeni, (Brauer, 1906)

Abstract, Stefan Koerber, 2024, Lanternfishes (Myctophidae) collected by the German research vessel Walther Herwig in the Exclusive Economic Zones of Argentina and Uruguay., Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 85, pp. 1-51 : 35-36

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17002229
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scientific name	Diaphus vanhoeffeni
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D. vanhoeffeni (Brauer, 1906) View in CoL

Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906 Diaphus lewisi Nafpaktitis, 1966

Myctophum vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1906 Drawing from original description.

(Vanhoefen’s lanternfish)

references general statements on the distribution of this species: o Hulley (1981): …restricted to regions…within the Mauritanian Upwelling and Guinean Regions of the Atlantic, with…a southern limit at about 15°S off the African coast… Two male specimens (31,40-32,55 mm)

were taken from a stomach of a hake caught off the La Plata River mouth (WH 424/66)…

o Fricke et al. (2024): Atlantic

EEZ-UY references o none specimens ZMH collection:

o 104978 424/66 Krefft status First record for EEZ-UY.