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Myctophidae
Pygmy lanternfish
Lampanyctus pusillus
- Subtropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
Subtropical
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Small- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Lampanyctus
- Maximum length
- 4.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Mauritania, from Namibia to South Africa; also Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: USA to 20°N, from Brazil to Argentina. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Indian Ocean: 23°-45°S. South Pacific: Australia to South America in the region of Subtropical Convergence (northern extension to 24°S in the Peru Current).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Conservation status
