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Myctophidae
Slender lanternfish
Lampanyctus tenuiformis
Fifteen Point Three Centimeters Myctophid Fish of New Zealand Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumSlender lanternfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 15.3 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Lampanyctus
- Maximum length
- 15.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to the Angola Current. Western Atlantic: 17°N to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico. Indian Ocean: between 7°N and 4°S, east of 70°E. Pacific Ocean: in tropical waters; reported from New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
