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Myctophidae
Gilbert's large lantern fish
Diaphus adenomus
Myctophid Fish beneath the Hawaiian Islands
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- East Asia
- North America
- Southeast Asia
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
MediumGilbert's large lantern fish is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Japan to Hawaii and the Philippines. Western Atlantic: off Bahamas and Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 4479 ). Eastern Atlantic: off Casablanca, Morocco to Western Sahara (Ref. 4779 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
Water
Conservation status
