| Benoit's lanternfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Hygophum |
| Species: | H. benoiti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hygophum benoiti Cocco, 1838 | |
The Benoit's lanternfish (Hygophum benoiti) is a species of widespread oceanodromous lanternfish. [1]
H. benoiti reaches a length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in), [2] and it contains 13 to 14 dorsal finrays, 20 anal finrays, and 13 to 15 pectoral finrays. [3]
It lives in depths from 51 to 700 meters deep, ranging from areas from the Eastern Atlantic near the U.S.A., all the way to the Mediterranean. [2] [1] It can be found below 700 meters at day, and below 600 meters at night, but the maximum was 51 to 100 and 301 to 350 meters below at night. [2]
H. benoiti has a stable population, and it has no specific threats to it, plus its wide distribution makes it occur in more than 1 marine protected area, so the IUCN Red List puts it at Least Concern. [1]
