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).