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Myctophidae
Diogenes lanternfish
Diogenichthys laternatus
Myctophid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallDiogenes lanternfish is a marine fish from Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 1.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diogenichthys
- Maximum length
- 1.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Pacific: California, USA (Ref. 7182 ) and Mexico to Chile; South China Sea (Ref.74511). Atlantic and Indian oceans (Ref. 26165 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
