Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838)

Nyctophus rafinesquii Cocco, 1838: 180, Pl. 7, fig. 7. Type locality: Sea of Messina, Italy

Diaphus rafinesquii, Klausewitz, 1989: 257; Golani, 1994: 36; Goren & Galil, 1997: 201, 2002: 151; Cihangir et al., 2003: 486.

Distribution. Northern Atlantic, Mediterranean; depth range 40–1200 m. Klausewitz (1989) reported this species from a depth range of 2142–2173 in western Levantine basin (SE Crete).