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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
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Smallspotted 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
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Mauritanian Upwelling Region (15°N-20°N) with isolates as far as 30°N; includes the Mediterranean Sea. Western Atlantic: Greenland to USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
