Lanternfish

Bolinichthys indicus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth90–956 m
Water temperature11–29 °C
Best monthsApril, June, and September
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Bolinichthys is a genus of lanternfishes.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Bolinichthys”, 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: 32 records
February: 55 records
March: 59 records
April: 63 records
May: 12 records
June: 67 records
July: 14 records
August: 51 records
September: 79 records
October: 53 records
November: 63 records
December: 13 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 90–956 m · Deepest record: 4,700 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 14 records
60–70 m: 6 records
70–80 m: 12 records
80–90 m: 11 records
90–100 m: 19 records
100–110 m: 22 records
110+ m: 458 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–29 °C

10–12 °C: 5 records
12–14 °C: 12 records
14–16 °C: 18 records
16–18 °C: 28 records
18–20 °C: 24 records
20–22 °C: 55 records
22–24 °C: 257 records
24–26 °C: 8 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Lanternfish, Smoothcheek Lanternfish

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Mictófido

Other scientific names: Lepidophanes indicus

Similar species

Popeye Lampfish
Bolinichthys longipes
Spurcheek lanternfish
Bolinichthys photothorax
Lanternfish
Bolinichthys supralateralis
Bolinichthys distofax
Nikolay’s Lanternfish
Bolinichthys nikolayi
Fiery Lanternfish
Bolinichthys pyrsobolus

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).
1,318 open-data records from 1965 to 2013.
Species data updated October 31, 2026.

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