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Ichthyococcidae
Lightfish
Ichthyococcus ovatus
Photophores complete at size
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
SmallLightfish is known from Circumglobal except North Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Ichthyococcidae
- Genus
- Ichthyococcus
- Maximum length
- 8.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Circumglobal except North Pacific. Southwest Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Eastern Atlantic: scattered records along Azores and the Mediterranean, from Portugal south to Canary Islands, also Namibia. Western Atlantic: between 20°N-45°N, including the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
