Cocco's lantern fish

Lobianchia gemellarii

Nine Point Eight Centimeters Myctophid Fish of New Zealand Waters

Cocco's lantern fish is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 9.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lobianchia
Maximum length: 9.8 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: southwest of Ireland and Bay of Biscay to Mauritania and from Gabon to Namibia including some records in the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: USA to the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ) and Argentina, but absent between 17°-3°N east of 30°W. Indian Ocean: 2°N - 25°S, east of 75°E. Western Pacific: between Japan and Australia (Ref. 4775 ); also New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Eastern Pacific: Nazca ridge, Peru (Ref. 45845 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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