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Myctophidae
Benoit's lanternfish
Hygophum benoiti
Seven Point Eight Centimeters Myctophid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- North America
- Small
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallThe Benoit's lanternfish (Hygophum benoiti) is a species of widespread oceanodromous lanternfish.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Hygophum
- Maximum length
- 7.8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to the Mauritanian upwelling region including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Canada to USA. Distribution may be related to the oceanographic boundaries of the North Atlantic gyral system.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
Conservation status
