Gonichthys cocco

FamilyScientific NameAuthorYearCommon Name
MyctophidaeGonichthys cocco(Cocco)1829Linestop Lanternfish

Gonichthys cocco

Unique Characters: Two precaudal photophores. No photophores above lateral line. Anterior anal divided into 2 groups, anterior anal anterior and anterior anal posterior; Pol present. Mouth subterminal, snout projecting. Jaws moderate, extending 1/2 eye diameter behind orbit. Gill rakers present.

General Description and Locations of Photophores - Family Myctophidae
General Description and Locations of Photophores – Family Myctophidae

Similar Species: None.

Craddock, J.E. and K.E. Hartel. 2002. Myctophidae. Lanternfishes. Pp 944-951. In The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). K.E. Carpenter (ed.). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Rome, Italy. pp. 601-1374.

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