Tribe Diaphini (lanternfish)
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to W. Schwarzhans 2013
See also Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampadena, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys, Triphoturus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diaphini in the database