Hygophum benoiti

Author
Cocco, 1838
Common Names
  • Benoit's Lanternfish
  • Benoit's Lantern Fish
  • Lanternfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
1050 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic. Cape Cod to Florida
Habitat-Biology
  • mesopelagic
References

  • Craddock, J. E., and K. E. Hartel. 2002. Myctophidae. Pp. 944–951 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • Gartner, J. V., Jr., T. L. Hopkins, R. C. Baird, and D. M. Milliken. 1987. The lanternfishes (Pisces: Myctophidae) of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service 85: 81–98.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Nafpaktitus, B. G., R. H. Backus, J. E. Craddock, R. L. Haedrich, B. H. Robinson, and C. Karnella. 1977. Family Myctophidae. Pp. 13–265 in R. H. Gibbs, Jr. et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 7: Iniomi (Myctophiformes). Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-06-2024.

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