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Myctophidae
Taaning's lantern fish
Diaphus termophilus
Fish Reaching Eight Centimeters in the Caribbean Sea
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Oceania
- Small
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallTaaning's lantern fish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Mauritania. Western Atlantic: USA to 10°N including Caribbean, Lesser Antilles (Ref. 4775 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Western Central Pacific: southeast Asian seas between 8°N and 7°S, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Also known from the Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 9325 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
