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spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)
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Ecological Illustration of spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)
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Myctophidae

spotted lanternfish

Myctophum punctatum

Eleven Centimeters Myctophid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Small

spotted lanternfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 11 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Lanternfishes
Family
Myctophidae
Genus
Myctophum
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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