Lanternfish

Lampanyctus lineatus

Myctophid Fish beneath Philippine Waters

Cross-climate
Subtropical
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Medium

Lanternfish is a marine fish from Tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 23.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lampanyctus
Maximum length: 23.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Eastern Atlantic: disjunct distribution between 35°N-27°S and in Agulhas Water pockets (absent over the upwelling region between 17°N-9°N, east of 30°W). Western Atlantic: disjunct distribution between 42°N-10°S. Indian Ocean: between 8°N-0°. Western Central Pacific: Philippines. Considerable differences between Atlantic and Indo-Pacific material suggests that there may be more than one species involved (Ref. 36121 ).

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