Bermuda lantern fish

Hygophum hygomii

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth44–1,303 m
Water temperature10–26 °C
Best monthsApril, July, and November
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Pavanee Annasawmy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Hygophum is a genus of lanternfishes.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Hygophum”, 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: 37 records
February: 82 records
March: 84 records
April: 128 records
May: 95 records
June: 117 records
July: 147 records
August: 109 records
September: 116 records
October: 50 records
November: 186 records
December: 36 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 44–1,303 m · Deepest record: 5,071 m

0–10 m: 67 records
10–20 m: 10 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 10 records
40–50 m: 11 records
50–60 m: 26 records
60–70 m: 10 records
70–80 m: 10 records
80–90 m: 5 records
90–100 m: 15 records
100–110 m: 21 records
110+ m: 819 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–26 °C

8–10 °C: 2 records
10–12 °C: 43 records
12–14 °C: 10 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 48 records
18–20 °C: 68 records
20–22 °C: 63 records
22–24 °C: 138 records
24–26 °C: 19 records

Names and classification

English: Bermuda lantern fish, Bermuda lanternfish, Hygom's Lanternfish, Lanternfish

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Benet Negro
French: Lanterne des Bermudes

Other scientific names: Hygophum higomii, Hygophum hygomi, Hygophum hygonii, Hygophym hygomi, Myctophum hygomi, Myctophum hygomii, Myctophum hygoni, Myctophum remiger, Myctophum remigerum, Scopelus hygomii

Similar species

Firefly lanternfish
Hygophum proximum
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Hygophum reinhardtii
Hansen's Lanternfish
Hygophum hanseni
Warming's lantern fish
Ceratoscopelus warmingii
Dogtooth lampfish
Ceratoscopelus townsendi
Atlantic Lanternfish
Diogenichthys atlanticus

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).
3,836 open-data records from 1885 to 2023.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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