Lanternfish
Bolinichthys photothorax
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
- Bolinichthys
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 5 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 5 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 12 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 340 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 5 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records