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Myctophidae
Blue lantern fish
Diaphus coeruleus
Myctophid Fish from Indo West Pacific
Blue lantern fish is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 13.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Diaphus
- Maximum length
- 13.7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Andaman Sea (Ref. 48453 ), Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6993 ), Indonesia (Ref. 5978 ), Taiwan (Ref. 39633 ), Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897 ), and Australia (Ref. 7300 ). South China Sea (Re.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

