Smallfin lanternfish

Benthosema suborbitale

Caudal glands develop at two centimeter length

Cross-climate
Temperate
Tropical
Near the Equator
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
North America
South America
Fusiform
Small

Smallfin lanternfish is a marine fish of Circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters, but with a. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 3.9 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Benthosema
Maximum length: 3.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters, but with a distinct equatorial gap in the Pacific (Ref. 9835 ). Western Atlantic: Canada to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Mauritania and from Liberia to Namibia (absent in Mauritanian Upwelling Region). Indian and Pacific: confined to southern equatorial water masses, extending to 50°N and 50°S in western boundary currents. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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