white-spotted lantern fish

Diaphus rafinesquii

Nine Point Four Centimeters Myctophid Fish of the Indian Ocean

white-spotted lantern fish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Maximum length: 9.4 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Mauritania including the Mediterranean and Iceland (Ref. 12462 ). Western Atlantic: north of the Gulf Stream. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Also reported from the Indian and the Pacific Oceans (Ref. 26165 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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