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Myctophidae
short-headed lantern fish
Diaphus brachycephalus
Myctophid Fish from Japanese Waters
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Smallshort-headed lantern fish is known around Circumglobal as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Circumglobal: In tropical to subtropical waters. Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola. Western Atlantic: USA to Uruguay. Western Pacific: warmer waters and in Kuroshio (Japan Current). Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel and Agulhas Current. Elsewhere, in the eastern Pacific. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
