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Myctophidae
Bertelsen's lanternfish
Diaphus bertelseni
Myctophid Fish from the Brazilian Coast
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Small
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallDiaphus bertelseni, or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 9.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: off Portugal to Mauritania; Gabon to Angola. Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA (Ref. 26340 ) to the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ) and Venezuela; Brazil to Argentina (with disjunct distribution over the minimum region off Brazil). Elsewhere, from two stations in Northwest Pacific and with reservation from near Hawaii. Southwest Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: occurring in tropical warm waters of both hemispheres (Ref. 47377 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
