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Ostenfeld's lanternfish (Diaphus ostenfeldi)
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Ecological Illustration of Ostenfeld's lanternfish (Diaphus ostenfeldi)
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Myctophidae

Ostenfeld's lanternfish

Diaphus ostenfeldi

Myctophid Fish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

  • Subtropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Fusiform
  • Small

Ostenfeld's lanternfish is known from Circumglobal in all three oceans in the region as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

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