Where does the glacier lantern fish live?
Benthosema glaciale has 24,644 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1844 to 2025. Most records come from Spain.
- 24,644 records
- 38 places
- 107 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataMyctophiformesMyctophidaeBenthosema
When it is recorded
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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 6,390 | |
| Algeria | 4,855 | |
| Canada | 2,770 | |
| France | 2,371 | |
| Norway | 1,400 | |
| Ireland | 1,147 | |
| Morocco | 1,114 | |
| United States | 808 | |
| Greenland | 571 | |
| Portugal | 514 | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 422 | |
| Iceland | 401 | |
| ZZ | 214 | |
| United Kingdom | 206 | |
| Greece | 205 | |
| Italy | 142 | |
| Faroe Islands | 95 | |
| Bermuda | 46 | |
| Russia | 39 | |
| Denmark | 17 | |
| Western Sahara | 15 | |
| Malta | 15 | |
| Romania | 15 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 13 | |
| Mauritania | 12 | |
| Cabo Verde | 11 | |
| Czechia | 8 | |
| Senegal | 8 | |
| Poland | 6 | |
| Türkiye | 4 | |
| Sweden | 3 | |
| Gibraltar | 2 | |
| Gambia | 2 | |
| Israel | 2 | |
| Cuba | 1 | |
| Germany | 1 | |
| Libya | 1 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 |
Related animals
Others in the family Myctophidae.
Antarctic lanternfish
13,772 records
Topside lanternfish, Topside lampfish
9,826 records
Warming’s lanternfish
8,651 records
Rhombic lanternfish
7,285 records
Brauer’s lanternfish
6,704 records
Bolin’s lanternfish
3,906 records
Nichol's lanternfish, Nichols's lanternfish
3,182 records
Carlsberg's lanternfish, Electron subantarctic
2,891 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.