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Benthosema glaciale, the glacier lanternfish, is one of the most abundant mesopelagic fish in the North Atlantic and a key component of the deep scattering layer.
Myctophum punctatum, the spotted lanternfish, is a North Atlantic mesopelagic fish and one of the most studied myctophids due to its abundance and ecological importance.
The giant lanternfish is one of the largest species in family Myctophidae, notable for its size relative to most congeners and its role in mesopelagic food webs and carbon flux.
Diaphus theta, the California headlightfish, is an eastern North Pacific lanternfish with a prominent snout photophore resembling a headlight, used for species recognition.
Electrona risso is a mesopelagic lanternfish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean named after naturalist Giovanni Antonio Risso and is ecologically important in marine food webs.
The metallic lanternfish (family Myctophidae) is a mesopelagic species with iridescent scales that undertakes diel vertical migrations as part of the deep scattering layer.
The patchwork lanternfish is a mesopelagic member of family Myctophidae identified by its distinctive patch-like arrangement of bioluminescent photophores across the body.
The pygmy lanternfish is one of the smallest members of family Myctophidae, notable for its diminutive size and contribution to deep-sea carbon cycling through diel vertical migration.
