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Panama lanternfish (Benthosema panamense)
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Ecological Illustration of Panama lanternfish (Benthosema panamense)
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Myctophidae

Panama lanternfish

Benthosema panamense

Rising to the surface in small schools at night

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Panama lanternfish is known from Northeast Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Lanternfishes
Family
Myctophidae
Genus
Benthosema
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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