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Sternoptychidae
North Pacific lightfish
Maurolicus japonicus
vertical migration through deep sea
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Small
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallNorth Pacific lightfish is known from Northwest Pacific as a migratory fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Maurolicus
- Maximum length
- 5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Toyama Bay, Pacific coast of Honshu southward to adjacent waters of Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands in Japan. Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
Conservation status
