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Myctophidae
Watases lanternfish
Diaphus watasei
Myctophid Fish in Indonesian Waters
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
MediumWatases lanternfish is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 17 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: east African continental shelf south of about 2°S, west coast of Madagascar and off Japan. Also recorded from Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978 ). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
