Subfamily Diaphinae (lanternfish)
Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
See also Martin et al. 2018 and Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Dasyscopelus, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Gymnoscopelinae, Lampanyctinae, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Symbolophorus, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Idiolychnus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diaphinae in the database