Myctophum nitidulum

Myctophum nitidulum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Myctophum
Species:	M. nitidulum
Binomial name
*Myctophum nitidulum* Garman, 1899^[1]
Synonyms
Myctophum margaritatum Gilbert, 1905^[1] Myctophum affine^[2]

Myctophum nitidulum, common name pearly lanternfish,^[3] is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".

Description

Myctophum nitidulum grows to a maximum length of 8.3 cm.^[3]

This species is circumglobal in all tropical and subtropical seas. It is found in the follow regions:

Eastern Atlantic Ocean ranging from Morocco to South Africa
Western Atlantic Ocean from approximately 42° north to 34° south.
The Indian Ocean from 7° north to 24° south
Pacific Ocean from 32° north to 31° south, while also extending north to 40° north travelling in the Kuroshio Current.
The South China Sea.^[3]

Myctophum nitidulum also occurs in the Galapagos.^[4]

This species lives in the bathypelagic zone, is oceanodromous, and is found at depths up to 1000 metres.^[3]