Parmops echinatus explained

Parmops echinatus is a species of flashlight fish found in the western Pacific Ocean. It was first described in 2001 from two specimens caught off the coast of Fiji at depths of 440m (1,440feet) and 550m (1,800feet).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Rosenblatt . R.H. . Seelo . J. . Johnson . G. D. . 2001 . Parmops echinatus, a new species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae) from Fiji . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 114 . PDF.