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Myctophidae
Kapala lanternfish
Diaphus kapalae
Myctophid Fish from Southwest Pacific
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallKapala lanternfish is known from Southwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
