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Pearly-spotted Lanternfish
Myctophum nitidulum
Myctophum nitidulum, common name pearly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".
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Range & habitat
This species is circumglobal in all tropical and subtropical seas. It is found in the follow regions:
Eastern Atlantic Ocean ranging from Morocco to South Africa Western Atlantic Ocean from approximately 42° north to 34° south. The Indian Ocean from 7° north to 24° south Pacific Ocean from 32° north to 31° south, while also extending north to 40° north travelling in the Kuroshio Current. The South China Sea. Myctophum nitidulum also occurs in the Galapagos.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194864.