Parallel lanternfish

Protomyctophum parallelum

Living Lantern of Australian Waters

Cross-climate
Polar
Subtropical
Circumpolar Antarctic
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Southern Ocean
Polar regions
South America
Fusiform
Small

Parallel lanternfish is a marine fish found around Circumglobal between the Subtropical Convergence and the Antarctic Polar. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Protomyctophum
Water type: Marine
Body shape: fusiform