African Lanternbelly

Acropoma heemstrai

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth60–300 m
Water temperature20–25 °C
Best monthsMarch, October, and November
How commonRare

About this species

Acropoma heemstrai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Acropoma. A small sample was found in South Africa and Mozambique.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Acropoma heemstrai”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 2 records
April: 0 records
May: 0 records
June: 1 records
July: 0 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 2 records
November: 2 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 60–300 m · Deepest record: 300 m

60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 0 records
160–170 m: 0 records
170+ m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–25 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: African Lanternbelly

Similar species

Glow-belly
Acropoma japonicum
Acropoma hanedai
Acropoma lecorneti
Acropoma leobergi
Blackthroat seaperch
Doederleinia berycoides

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
16 open-data records from 1988 to 2010.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.

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