Opaline Lanternfish
Benthosema pterotum
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Myctophiformes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Benthosema
Where to Find
Found in 14 diving areas across 10 countries and 5 regions.
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 200 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 200 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 6 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 13 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 3 records
- Eilat, Israel - 5 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 5 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records