Bristle-mouth lantern fish [Gonichthys tenuiculus]
Description
The bristle-mouth lantern fish is a mesopelagic species found primarily in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is known for its thin body and distinctive photophore pattern, with a double row of photophores along the ventral surface.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Chordates
Chordata
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Fish
Actinopterygii
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| Order |
Lanternfishes
Myctophiformes
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| Family |
Lanternfishes
Myctophidae
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| Genus |
Gonichthys
Gonichthys
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