Dofleini's lantern fish

Lobianchia dofleini

Six Centimeters Myctophid Fish of Western Atlantic

Lobianchia dofleini, also known as Dofleini's lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lobianchia
Maximum length: 6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: between 50°N and 40°S including the Mediterranean but with a distributional gap between 8°S and 13°S in the eastern Atlantic, absent in the South Sargasso Sea and minimum region off Brazil. Southern circumglobal (Ref. 7300 ). Western Atlantic between Santa Catarina and the Subtropical Convergence (Ref. 47377 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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