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Southern blacktip lanternfish (Gymnoscopelus piabilis)
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Myctophidae

Southern blacktip lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus piabilis

Living Lantern of New Zealand Waters

  • Black
  • Cross-climate
  • Polar
  • Subtropical
  • Temperate
  • Circumpolar Antarctic
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Polar regions
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Southern blacktip lanternfish is a marine fish of Generally ranges between the Subtropical Convergence and the Antarctic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 14.6 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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