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Hector's lanternfish (Lampanyctodes hectoris)
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Ecological Illustration of Hector's lanternfish (Lampanyctodes hectoris)
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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

Hector's lanternfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 7 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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