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Lightfish (Ichthyococcus ovatus)
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Ichthyococcidae

Lightfish

Ichthyococcus ovatus

Photophores complete at size

  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Small

Lightfish is known from Circumglobal except North Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Dragonfishes and Allies
Family
Ichthyococcidae
Genus
Ichthyococcus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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