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Myctophidae
Bermuda lantern fish
Hygophum hygomii
Myctophid Fish of the South African Coast
- Subtropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
Subtropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallBermuda lantern fish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Hygophum
- Maximum length
- 8.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Mauritania including the Mediterranean, and from Angola to South Africa. Western Atlantic: Canada to 20°N and from Brazil to Subtropical Convergence. Also Indian (24°S-40°S) and Pacific (15°S-20°S) Oceans (Ref. 4066 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
