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Myctophidae
Panama lanternfish
Benthosema panamense
Rising to the surface in small schools at night
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallPanama lanternfish is known from Northeast Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Benthosema
- Maximum length
- 5.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Northeast Pacific: subtropical-tropical regions between 28°N and 10°N, including Gulf of California (Ref. 31442 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
