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Myctophidae
Rufous lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
- Red
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Small
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Cross-climate
Regional distribution
SmallSymbolophorus rufinus is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Symbolophorus
- Maximum length
- 9.4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: tropical and subtropical waters, but extensions to 40°N and 28°S in western boundary currents. Eastern Atlantic: between about 28°N to 16°S, but seasonally less abundant in the Mauritanian Upwelling Region. Indian Ocean: in the equatorial region, including Reunion (Ref. 33390 ). Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6993 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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