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Myctophidae
Hector's lanternfish
Lampanyctodes hectoris
Fish Reaching Seven Centimeters in Western Pacific
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallHector's lanternfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Lampanyctodes
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Benguela Upwelling Region south of about 19°S. Western Pacific: off southern Australia and New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: Chile.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
