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Myctophidae
Spothead lantern fish
Diaphus metopoclampus
Nine Point Six Centimeters Myctophid Fish from Australian Waters
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
SmallSpothead lantern fish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 9.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 9.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Mauritania including western Mediterranean, but isolated specimens to Liberia and South Africa. Western Atlantic: USA to 22°N, and from Brazil to Argentina. Western Indian Ocean: between 0° and 30°S. Western Pacific: between 6°N and 39°N, New South Wales, Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
