Nannobrachium nigrum és una espècie de peix de la família dels mictòfids i de l'ordre dels mictofiformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 11,1 cm de longitud total. Nombre de vèrtebres: 33-37.FishBase Zahuranec, B. J., 2000: Zoogeography and systematics of the lanternfishes of the genus Nannobrachium (Myctohpidae: Lampanyctini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Núm. 607: i-iii + 1-69.

Hàbitat És un peix marí i d'aigües profundes que viu entre 100-1.015 m de fondària.Wang, J.T.-M. i C.-T. Chen, 2001. A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a les aigües tropicals del Pacífic, l'est de l'Índic tropical i el Mar de la Xina Meridional.Yang, J., Z. Huang, S. Chen i Q. Li, 1996. The Deep-Water Pelagic Fishes in the Area form Nansha Islands To the Northeast part of South China Sea Science Publication Company, Beijing. 190 pp.Randall, J.E. i K.K.P. Lim (editors), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667.Huang, Z., 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404- 463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, Estats Units. 598 p.Beamish, R.J., K.D. Leask, O.A. Ivanov, A.A. Balanov, A.M. Orlov i B. Sinclair, 1999. The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres. Prog. Oceanog. 43:399-442.Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv., (20):977 p.Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Research Bulletin Núm. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua Nova Guinea. 194 p.Kashkin, N.I., 1989. Mesopelagic ichthyofauna of the southwestern Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 29(3):116-127.Miya, M., M. Yamaguchi i M. Okiyama, 1995. Midwater fishes off the Pacific coast of Boso Peninsula, central Japan: species composition, abundance, biomass, and zoogeographic affinities. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 42(3/4):237-248.Mundy, B.C., 2005. Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. Tokai University Press, Japó, pp v-866.Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistemática revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.Tinker, S.W., 1978. Fishes of Hawaii, a handbook of the marine fishes of Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. Hawaiian Service Inc., Honolulu. 568 p.

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