Broadfin lampfish

The Broadfin lampfish lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range 20 - 1095 m environment.

A broadfin lampfish was taken by a Black-legged Kittiwake. The broadfin lampfish is a bathypelagic species that occurs off California at depths of 350-599 fathoms (Hart 1973); it proba- bly is not natural prey. More

Common names

Broadfin lampfish in English
Broadfin lanternfish in English
Cá Béo in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Linternilla in Spanish (español)
宽鳍珍灯鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
寬鰭珍燈魚 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Myctophiformes
Family : Myctophidae
Genus : Nannobrachium
Species : Nannobrachium ritteri
Authority : Gilbert, 1915