Fish of the Diaphus genus of the Myctophidae (lanternfishes or myctophids) family of the Myctophiformes order of the Scopelomorpha superorder.
(Spothead lantern fish. Photo by © Francesco Costa. fishbase.org)
Spothead lantern fish (Diaphus metopoclampus) was first described in 1829 by the Italian naturalist Anastasio Cocco (1799-1854).
Bathypelagic speces. It occurs at the depth of 90-1085 meters. The maximum recorded length is 7.5 cm. It feeds on crustaceans.
It is a rare inhabitant of the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of spothead lantern fish (Diaphus metopoclampus) in other languages are as follows:
Rafino corto (Spanish), Punktkopf-Laternenfisch (German), Пятнистоголовый диаф (Pjatnistogolovyi diaf) (Russian), Svjetlogubac (Croatian, Serbian), Poisson lanterne (French).