jewel lanternfish

Lampanyctus crocodilus

Thirty Centimeters Myctophid Fish

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
North America
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Medium

Lampanyctus crocodilus, the jewel lanternfish, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found in the west Mediterranean Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean (above 50° N). Bathypelagic between 400 and 2000 m.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lampanyctus
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: strays as far north as Dohrn Bank (off East Greenland) and off northwest Iceland, from British Isles to Mauritanian Upwelling Region including the Mediterranean (Ref. 4479 ). Western Atlantic: as shallow as 46 m in Ungava Bay, Canada, in slope water region (Ref. 5951 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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