Myctophum spinosum (Steindachner, 1867)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 193

Myctophum spinosum (Steindachner, 1867)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 9 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: mesopelagic

Depth range: 0-700 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Indian, Pacific, Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Doubtful for the genus: Dasyscopelus as D. spinosus according to Martin et al., 2018.