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Myctophidae
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus anderseni
Myctophid Fish of the Congo Basin
- Subtropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
Subtropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallAndersen's lantern fish is a marine fish found around Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 3.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 3.4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Congo to Namibia. Western Atlantic: 15°N to the Subtropical Convergence (rare in the minimum region off Brazil). Eastern Pacific: near Hawaii. Western Pacific: Japan, New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 7300 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
