''Photonectes leucospilus'' is a species of deep-sea

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

in the genus ''

Photonectes ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes. They are quite small, usually around 15 cm, up to 26 cm. These fish are apex predators ...

''. The species is distributed across the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Afr ...

, and adults can reach a maximum length of ~20.4 centimeters.

References

Stomiidae Fish described in 1930 {{Stomiiformes-stub