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Myctophidae
Diaphus nielseni
Diaphus nielseni
Four Centimeters Myctophid Fish of the Mozambique Coast
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Small
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Africa
SmallDiaphus nielseni is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Agulhas Current, off east coast of Madagascar, in the Mozambique Channel (15°-21°S), and from southeast Asian seas northward to southern Japan.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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