Protomyctophum subparallelum

Protomyctophum subparallelum is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere south of about 30° S, in deep water. Its length is about 3.6 cm. It is a mesopelagic species.

Protomyctophum subparallelum
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Protomyctophum
Species:	P. subparallelum
Binomial name
Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Protomyctophum subparallelum". FishBase. May 2006 version.