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Spotlight lanternfish (Diaphus lucidus)
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Ecological Illustration of Spotlight lanternfish (Diaphus lucidus)
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Myctophidae

Spotlight lanternfish

Diaphus lucidus

Myctophid Fish from Chinese Seas

  • Near the Equator
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Small

Diaphus lucidus, the spotlight lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found worldwide.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Lanternfishes
Family
Myctophidae
Genus
Diaphus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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