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Myctophidae
bigeye lanternfish
Protomyctophum thompsoni
Five Point Two Centimeters Myctophid Fish from the Pacific Ocean
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Small
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Smallbigeye lanternfish is a marine fish from North Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 5.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Lanternfishes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Protomyctophum
- Maximum length
- 5.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- North Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 ), the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and the Bering Sea eastward to the Gulf of Alaska south to Baja California.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
