Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Belongs to Diaphus according to V. Kalabis 1948
See also Gregorova 2004
Sister taxa: Diaphus (Diaphus), Diaphus (Lamprossa), Diaphus aequalis, Diaphus alcoholicus, Diaphus altus, Diaphus angulatus, Diaphus apalus, Diaphus audax, Diaphus austriacus, Diaphus barrigonensis, Diaphus bolini, Diaphus brachycephalus, Diaphus cahuzaci, Diaphus capax, Diaphus cassidiformis, Diaphus caurus, Diaphus chrysorhynchus, Diaphus coatesi, Diaphus crassus, Diaphus curvatus, Diaphus dainichiensis, Diaphus danae, Diaphus debilis, Diaphus depressifrons, Diaphus draconis, Diaphus dumerilii, Diaphus duosensitivus, Diaphus ecuadorensis, Diaphus edwardsi, Diaphus emensus, Diaphus endoi, Diaphus excisus, Diaphus exilis, Diaphus garmani, Diaphus gatunensis, Diaphus grebneffi, Diaphus haereticus, Diaphus hataii, Diaphus holti, Diaphus huatau, Diaphus italicus, Diaphus kaiparaensis, Diaphus kakegawaensis, Diaphus kuroshio, Diaphus larteti, Diaphus longirostris, Diaphus lucida, Diaphus luetkeni, Diaphus manneringi, Diaphus marambionis, Diaphus marwicki, Diaphus meniliticus, Diaphus metopoclampoides, Diaphus microsomus, Diaphus mirus, Diaphus mollis, Diaphus molossus, Diaphus multiserratus, Diaphus nafpaktitisi, Diaphus noboriensis, Diaphus parri, Diaphus paxtoni, Diaphus perspicillatoides, Diaphus perspicillatus, Diaphus poignantae, Diaphus prisismetallis, Diaphus problematicus, Diaphus rafinesqui, Diaphus regani, Diaphus richardsoni, Diaphus rodriguezi, Diaphus sauvagei, Diaphus splendidus, Diaphus stafforaensis, Diaphus sulcatus, Diaphus taaningi, Diaphus tenax, Diaphus termophilus, Diaphus theta, Diaphus vexillifer, Myctophum (Diaphus) sauvagei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diaphus polysarcus in the database
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