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Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Diaphus theta (California Headlightfish)

Illustration Meristics Life History ELH Descr. Distribution Footnotes
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GENERAL REFERENCES

Ref 1: Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, Jr., D.M. Blood, and B.M. Vinter. 1989.
Laboratory guide to early life history stages of Northeast Pacific fishes. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 80, 652 p.
Ref 2: Moser, H.G., and E.H. Ahlstrom. 1974.
Role of larval stages in systematic investigations of marine teleosts: The Myctophidae, a case study. Fish. Bull. 72: 391-413.
Ref 3: Moser, H.G., and E.H. Ahlstrom. 1996.
Myctophidae: Lanternfishes. In H.G. Moser (ed.), The early stages of fishes in the California Current region, p. 387-475. CalCOFI Atlas 33. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS, 1505 p.

FOOTNOTES

1 AFSC Meristic Database.
Recruitment Processes, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

FIGURES

A - B, E: Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, Jr., D.M. Blood, and B.M. Vinter. 1989.
Laboratory guide to early life history stages of Northeast Pacific fishes. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 80, 652 p.
C: Moser, H.G., and E.H. Ahlstrom. 1974.
Role of larval stages in systematic investigations of marine teleosts: The Myctophidae, a case study. Fish. Bull. 72: 391-413.
D: Moser, H.G., and E.H. Ahlstrom. 1996.
Myctophidae: Lanternfishes. In H.G. Moser (ed.), The early stages of fishes in the California Current region, p. 387-475. CalCOFI Atlas 33. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS, 1505 p.

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