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Class: Teleostei
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae Lanternfishes
Subfamily: Myctophinae
Genus: Tarletonbeania

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Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 12.7 cm TL
Tarletonbeania crenularis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

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Tarletonbeania crenularis
[Blue lanternfish]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SL
Tarletonbeania taylori Mead, 1953

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Tarletonbeania taylori
[North Pacific lanternfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Tarletonbeania crenularis Blue lanternfish Eastern Pacific 12.7 TL 1880
Tarletonbeania taylori North Pacific lanternfish North Pacific 7 SL 1953



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