Diplophos vicinia, Neighbor portholefish

Diplophos vicinia Koefed & Ho, 2019

Neighbor portholefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Gonostomatidae (Bristlemouths)
Etymology: Diplophos: Greek, diploos, = double + Greek, phos = light; vicinia: Name from Latin, ‘vicinia’ meaning neighbor, referring to the grouping of the last two AC photophores.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Tropical

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Western Pacific: Taiwan, South China Sea and north of Papua New Guinea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121634)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 57 - 59; Vertebrae: 74 - 76. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: A 57-59; branchiostegal rays 14; gill rakers 4 + 10-11, total 14-15; vertebrae - abdominal 30-32, caudal 44-45, total 74-76; photophores - IP 13-14, PV 18-19, IV 31-32, VAV 12-13, AC 37-39 + 2, IC 83-86, the last two AC photophores grouped, separation less than half that of preceding photophores; dorsal-fin origin closer to the snout than caudal-fin base, pre-dorsal-fin length 45.2-47.3% SL (Ref. 121634).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A mesopelagic species collected by commercial mid-water trawl (Ref. 121634).

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Koeda, K. and H.-C. Ho, 2019. A new Portholefish of the genus Diplophos (Stomiiformes: Gonostomatidae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4702(1):107-113. (Ref. 121634)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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