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Myctophidae
Golden lanternfish
Myctophum aurolaternatum
Eleven Centimeters Myctophid Fish of the South China Sea
- Yellow
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
Yellow
Transcontinental
Central America and the Caribbean
Elongated
SmallMyctophum aurolaternatum, the golden lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish. This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Myctophum
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Sofala Bank; Agulhas Current south to about 31°S. Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia to northwestern Australia (5°N-18°S). Western Pacific: southeast Asian seas. Eastern Pacific: Hawaii (Ref. 58302 ) and Panama to 04°15'S, 83°37'W of Peru (Ref. 5530 ); with more northerly distribution starting at 25°N (Ref. 31442 ). This fish comes from Xisha Islands and Zhongsha Islands of the South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
