Species that contain: Diaphus and effulgens [ 4 ] records

aeolochrus, Myctophum (Diaphus) Barnard [K. H.] 1927:1021 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 21 (pt 2); ref. 194] About 60 miles west south-west of Table Bay, South Africa, depth 200 fathoms depth (stomach content). Holotype (unique): BMNH 1935.7.6.3 [ex SAM]. •Synonym of Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:290 [ref. 5672] as aelochrus, Hulley 1990:410 [ref. 15273] as aelochrus). Current status: Synonym of Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896). Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Habitat: marine.

antelucens, Diaphus Kulikova [E. B.] 1961:13 [6], Fig. 5 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 43; ref. 9360] Western Pacific, 12°55'N, 154°04'E, depth 6000-0 meters over 6300 meters. Holotype: ZIN 36105. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:77 [ref. 37828]. On p. 6 of English translation. •Synonym of Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Synonym of Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896). Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Habitat: marine.

effulgens, Aethoprora Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:87, Pl. 27 (fig. 103) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Brown's Bank, northern Atlantic (stomach content). Lectotype: USNM 43770. Paralectotypes: USNM or ?MCZ (1). Lectotype established by Jordan & Evermann 1896:566 [ref. 2442]. •Valid as Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:177 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:445 [ref. 13675], Hulley 1986:290 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:257 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:37 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:104 [ref. 14674], Fujii & Saito in Amaoka et al. 1990:136 [ref. 16024], Hulley 1990:410 [ref. 15273], Santos et al. 1997:45 [ref. 23531], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:633 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:34 [ref. 24203], Nakabo 2000:393 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:393 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:53 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:199 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:411 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:514 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:361 [ref. 31242], Robertson & Clements 2015:640 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1888 [ref. 34576], Fricke et al. 2018:76 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:117 [ref. 37250], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:53 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:184 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Aethoprora, Borsa et al. 2022:91 [ref. 40127], Fermon et al. 2022:189 [ref. 39448] with question, Prokofiev et al. 2022:11 [ref. 38957], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896). Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

macrophus, Diaphus Parr [A. E.] 1928:136, Fig. 27 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 3); ref. 3368] Off Cat Island, Bahamas, 24°11'N, 75°35'W, 7500 feet wire out. Holotype (unique): YPM 2172. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:20 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:178 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Synonym of Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean 1896). Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Habitat: marine.