| Family: |
Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes) |
| Max. size: |
20.9 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 545 - 600 m |
| Distribution: |
Southeast Pacific: known only from two seamounts of the Sala y Gomez Ridge and southeastern Pacific. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 29-31; Vertebrae: 45-46. Pyloric caeca 7-8; photophores above anal fin 16-17; presence of 9 photophores in both ventroanal series and 20 trunk vertebrae (Ref. 41740). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 16 July 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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