Danaphos

Bottlelights Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present 37–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Stomiiformes
Family:	Sternoptychidae
Subfamily:	Maurolicinae
Genus:	Danaphos Bruun, 1931

Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.

Only two extant species are placed here, one of them of questionable validity^{[verification needed]} valid:^[1]

• Danaphos asteroscopus Bruun, 1931 (disputed)
• Danaphos oculatus (Garman, 1899) – Bigeye Lightfish

Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^ ITIS (2004), FishBase [2009]
2. ^ Sepkoski (2002)

References

• FishBase [2009]: Danaphos species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (2004): TSN 162231 – Danaphos. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
• Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletin of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt

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