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Myctophidae
lanternfish
Myctophum nitidulum
Eight Point Three Centimeters Myctophid Fish of Chinese Seas
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Fusiform
- Small
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallMyctophum nitidulum, common name pearly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Myctophum
- Maximum length
- 8.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Circumglobal (Ref. 7300 ) in all tropical and subtropical waters (Ref. 47377 ). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to South Africa (as expatriates in Agulhas water pockets). Western Atlantic: between about 42°N and 34°S. Indian Ocean: between 7°N and 24°S. Pacific Ocean: between 32°N and 31°S, but extends northward to 40°N in the Kuroshio Current. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
