🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Tenison’s lanternfish live?

Protomyctophum tenisoni has 1,173 records in 11 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2019. Most records come from French Southern Territories.

AnimaliaChordataMyctophiformesMyctophidaeProtomyctophum

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

PlaceRecordsShare
French Southern Territories 562
South Georgia 157
Antarctica 40
Australia 23
Chile 20
Heard & McDonald Islands 8
ZZ 8
Argentina 6
Falkland Islands 6
New Zealand 2
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
Bolin’s lanternfish
3,906 records
Nichol's lanternfish
3,182 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.