''Myctophum orientale'', the Oriental lanternfish, is a species of
lanternfish
Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represente ...
. The Oriental Lanternfish is native to deep waters.
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Myctophidae
Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
Fish described in 1913
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