Cyclothone alba

Cyclothone alba, commonly known as the bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone. It is found across the world, in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.^[1]

Cyclothone alba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Stomiiformes
Family:	Gonostomatidae
Genus:	Cyclothone
Species:	C. alba
Binomial name
Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906

The species was originally described as a subspecies of Cyclothone signata: Cyclothone signata alba, by Brauer in 1906.^[2]