A Lantern Fish, Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838), washed ashore in The Netherlands (Pisces, Myctophoidei, Myctophidae)
A small Lantern Fish, Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838), was washed ashore at the beach of the village of Zandvoort in the Netherlands. This is the first record of a member of the family Myctophidae in the coastal waters of the Netherlands, and the northernmost record for the species. The occurrence of...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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1972
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| Online Access: | http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505362 http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549019 |
| Summary: | A small Lantern Fish, Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838), was washed ashore at the beach of the village of Zandvoort in the Netherlands. This is the first record of a member of the family Myctophidae in the coastal waters of the Netherlands, and the northernmost record for the species. The occurrence of the species in the northern part of the North Atlantic is discussed, and the specimen is illustrated. |
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