A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea Author Goren, Menachem Author Galil, Bella S. text Zootaxa 2015 3994 4 507 530 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2 8fe4fa70-d7bb-4540-950a-af769d8cb7d6 1175-5326 244394 97DE8F58-A2F7-485E-B994-B88700449E31 Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926 Cyclothone microdon pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926 : 7 , 54, figs. 5,6,7. Type locality: Mediterranean Sea. Cyclothone pygmaea , Galil & Goren, 1994 : 50 ; Golani, 1994 : 35 ; Goren & Galil, 1997 : 201 , 2002: 151. Distribution. A Mediterranean endemic, depth range 500–1000 m . In the Levant, the maximum known depth is 1400 m ( Galil & Goren, 1994 ). Collected in the epi- and mesopelagial along the western margin of the Levant ( Jespersen & Tåning, 1926 ).