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Slopewater lanternfish (Diaphus taaningi)
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Myctophidae

Slopewater lanternfish

Diaphus taaningi

Living Lantern of the Caribbean Sea

  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Small

Diaphus taaningi, the slopewater lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

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