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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| name = Bottlelights
| fossil_range = Middle [[Eocene]] to Present<br />{{fossilrange|37|0}}
| taxon = Danaphos
| authority = [[Anton Frederik Bruun|Bruun]], 1931
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'''''Danaphos''''' is an [[ocean]]ic  [[ray-finned fish]] [[genus]] which belongs in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Sternoptychidae]]. A common name is '''bottlelights'''.

==Species==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Danaphos| month = February | year = 2012}}</ref><!-- According to Fishbase, type species of the genus is D. asteroscopus. --><ref>{{aut|[[Integrated Taxonomic Information System]] (ITIS)}} (2004): [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162231 TSN 162231 &ndash; ''Danaphos'']. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02</ref>
* ''[[Danaphos asteroscopus]]'' <small>[[Anton Frederik Bruun|Bruun]], 1931</small>
* ''[[Danaphos oculatus]]'' <small>([[Samuel Garman|Garman]], 1899)</small> (Bottlelights, Bigeye Lightfish)

[[Fossil]]s of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the [[Late Eocene]], more than 35 [[million years ago]].<ref>{{aut|Sepkoski, Jack}} (2002): [''Danaphos'']. ''In:'' A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' '''364''': 560. [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class HTML database excerpt]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Sternoptychidae]]
[[Category:Extant Eocene first appearances]]
[[Category:Marine fish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Anton Frederik Bruun]]


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