Bottlelight

Danaphos oculatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–625 m
Water temperature11–28 °C
Best monthsJanuary and April
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 295 records
February: 168 records
March: 123 records
April: 260 records
May: 55 records
June: 36 records
July: 162 records
August: 64 records
September: 30 records
October: 90 records
November: 140 records
December: 22 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–625 m · Deepest record: 1,676 m

0–10 m: 18 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 20 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–28 °C

10–12 °C: 4 records
12–14 °C: 40 records
14–16 °C: 303 records
16–18 °C: 400 records
18–20 °C: 33 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Bottlelight, bigeye lightfish, bottlelight

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: lampara ojona
French: danaphe

Other scientific names: Maurolicus oculatus

Similar species

Danaphos asteroscopus
Half-naked hatchet fish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Atlantic silver hatchetfish
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Pacific hatchet fish
Argyropelecus affinis
Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus olfersii
Diaphanous hatchet fish
Sternoptyx diaphana

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,523 open-data records from 1932 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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