Benoit's lanternfish

The Benoit's lanternfish (Hygophum benoiti) is a species of widespread oceanodromous lanternfish.^[1]

Benoit's lanternfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Hygophum
Species:	H. benoiti
Binomial name
Hygophum benoiti Cocco, 1838

Description

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]

Distribution and habitat

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]

Conservation

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]