Diaphus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1890:3 Masc. Diaphus theta Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890. Type by original designation. •Valid as Diaphus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890 -- (Nafpaktitis 1968:22 [ref. 6979], Krefft & Bekker 1973:176 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:7 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:439 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Moser et al. 1984:219 [ref. 13645], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:71 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:287 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:256 [ref. 12442], Hulley 1990:148 [ref. 21685], Becker 1992:3 [ref. 20772], Gomon et al. 1994:278 [ref. 22532], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1961 [ref. 24748], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:247 [ref. 25968], Hartel & Craddock 2003:949 [ref. 27005], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:512 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:273 [ref. 30633], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:25 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:155 [ref. 33547], Robertson & Clements 2015:638 [ref. 34257], Pietsch & Orr 2015:24 [ref. 34694], Motomura et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:68[ref. 36673], Prokofiev et al. 2022:1 [ref. 38957]). Current status: Valid as Diaphus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890. Myctophidae: Diaphinae.