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Phosichthyidae
bigeye lightfish
Woodsia nonsuchae
Twelve Centimeters Phosichthyid Fish from New Zealand Waters
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Small
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Smallbigeye lightfish is a marine fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Phosichthyidae
- Genus
- Woodsia
- Maximum length
- 12 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Australia and New Zealand; also Japan (Ref. 559 ). Eastern Pacific: southern part of the California Current region, well seaward of the continental shelf (Ref. 35839 ). Western Atlantic: Off Bermuda (Ref. 37473 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
