Lanternfish
Lobianchia dofleini
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
- Lobianchia
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 12 countries and 5 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 31 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 177 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 6 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 7 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 1 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 3 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 12 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 5 records
- Azores, Portugal - 16 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 60 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 8 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 1 records