Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Hygophum reinhardti (Lütken, 1892), Lampanyctus reinhardtii (Lütken, 1892), Myctophum benoiti reinhardti (Lütken, 1892), Myctophum braueri Gilbert, 1905, Myctophum reinhardti (Lütken, 1892), Myctophum reinhardtii (Lütken, 1892), Scopelus reinhardtii Lütken, 1892(Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia (gap over region of cyclonic gyre 4°-6°S). Western Atlantic: USA to Subtropical Convergence, [but absent over minimum region off Brazil and lower abundance in Sargasso Sea. Also in the southern Indian Ocean, North and South Pacific (absent in equatorial waters). South China Sea (Froese and Pauly, 2021).

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