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Myctophidae
Reinhardt's lanternfish
Hygophum reinhardtii
Six Centimeters Myctophid Fish of the South China Sea
- Subtropical
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
Subtropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallReinhardt's lanternfish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Hygophum
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia (gap over region of cyclonic gyre 4°-6°S). Western Atlantic: USA to Subtropical Convergence, [but absent over minimum region off Brazil according to Ref. 4479 ] and lower abundance in Sargasso Sea. Also in the southern Indian Ocean, North and South Pacific (absent in equatorial waters). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
