''Photonectes phyllopogon'' is a species of
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 rarely seen, but has been documented in the
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
and
Indian oceans.
Adults can reach a maximum size of ~10 centimeters.
References
Stomiidae
Species described in 1930
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