Sternoptychidae

pearl-side

Maurolicus muelleri

Eight Centimeters Sternoptychid Fish of the Congo Basin

• Cross-climate
• Subtropical
• Tropical
• Circumpolar Antarctic
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• Polar regions
• Elongated
• Small

Maurolicus muelleri, commonly referred to as Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish (not to be confused with the Gonostomatidae), or the silvery lightfish (not to be confused with the Phosichthyidae), is a marine hatchetfish in the genus Maurolicus, found in deep tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, from the surface to depths of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). It can grow to a maximum total length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in).