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Myctophidae
metallic lanternfish
Myctophum affine
Myctophid Fish from Mexican Waters
- Yellow
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Small
Yellow
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
SmallMyctophum affine, the metallic lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish native to the Atlantic Ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Myctophum
- Maximum length
- 7.9 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to the Angola Current. Western Atlantic: 45°N in the Gulf Stream to tropical waters. Also, recorded off La Plata river mouth. Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean (Ref. 26938 ), round the Subtropical Convergence (Ref. 47377 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
