Spark anglemouth

Sigmops bathyphilus

Fifteen Centimeters Gonostomatid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
North America
Elongated
Medium

Sigmops bathyphilus, commonly called the spark anglemouth, deepsea fangjaw or deepsea lightfish, is a species of fish in the family Gonostomatidae (anglemouths). Through genomic data scientists were able to create distinctions within the historical gonostoma genus, creating Gonostomatidae with three genus, Sigmops, gonostoma, and Cyclothone. Before molecular phylogeny the conventional standard was gonostoma and cyclothone.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Gonostomatidae
Genus: Sigmops
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: scattered records from 65°30'N, 30°30'W (Ref. 4769 ) to Namibia; also off Cape Point, South Africa (Ref. 3991 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Western Central Atlantic: between 20°N and 5°S. Austral Atlantic and Pacific: between 30° to 35°S.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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