🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Bolin’s lanternfish live?

Protomyctophum bolini has 3,906 records in 11 countries and territories, from 1926 to 2021. Most records come from South Georgia.

AnimaliaChordataMyctophiformesMyctophidaeProtomyctophum

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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

PlaceRecordsShare
South Georgia 1,188
Heard & McDonald Islands 577
French Southern Territories 527
Antarctica 496
Australia 70
Chile 18
Argentina 12
ZZ 10
New Zealand 5
Falkland Islands 4
South Africa 1

Related animals

Others in the family Myctophidae.

glacier lantern fish
glacier lantern fish
24,644 records
Antarctic lanternfish
Antarctic lanternfish
13,772 records
Topside lanternfish
9,826 records
Warming’s lanternfish
8,651 records
Rhombic lanternfish
7,285 records
Brauer’s lanternfish
6,704 records
Nichol's lanternfish
3,182 records
Carlsberg's lanternfish
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.