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Astronesthes lucibucca
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Astronesthes lucibucca (Astronesthes lucibucca) specimen
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Stomiidae

Astronesthes lucibucca

Astronesthes lucibucca

Ten Centimeters Stomiid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Polar regions
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Astronesthes lucibucca is known from Southeast Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Family
Stomiidae
Maximum length
10 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Southeast Pacific: Type specimens were taken from the transition zone between the subtropical and subantarctic gyres. Possibly, it is more widely distributed in the transitional zone of the southern hemisphere, i.e., in the southern Subtropical Convergence Region. High Seas only.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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