Myctophum nitidulum, common name pearly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish

Deep sea fish

Deep sea fish is a term for any fish that lives below the photic zone of the ocean. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep sea fish. Other deep sea fish include the flashlight fish, cookiecutter shark, bristlemouths, anglerfish, and viperfish....

 in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".

Distribution

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
  Kuroshio Current
  The Kuroshio is a north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. It is similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic and is part of the North Pacific ocean gyre...
  
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• The South China Sea.

Myctophum nitidulum also occurs in the Galapagos.

Habitat

This species lives in the bathypelagic zone, is oceanodromous, and is found at depths up to 1000 metres.

External links

• Photo of specimen
• Photo of specimen