Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Lampanyctus festivus Tåning, 1928 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Lampanyctus bensoni (Fowler, 1934) (ambiguous synonym)

Lampanyctus septilucis Beebe, 1932 (synonym)

Macrostoma festivum (Tåning, 1928) (synonym)

Serpa bensoni Fowler, 1934 (ambiguous synonym)

Common names:

Divertido Portuguese

Escolarinho Portuguese

Lanternfish English

Lobisomem English, Portuguese

Niji-hadaka Japanese

尖鰭珍燈魚 Mandarin Chinese

尖鳍珍灯鱼 Mandarin Chinese

杂色珍灯鱼 Mandarin Chinese

雜色珍燈魚 Mandarin Chinese

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Myctophiformes

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Family Myctophidae

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Genus Lampanyctus

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Distribution:

Angola; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean: north to about 40°N, with isolates to 50°N and from about 13°S to the subtropical convergence. Indian Ocean: two specimens recorded between 25° and 36°S. Pacific Ocean: Japan (Ref. 559), Australia (Ref. 7300), New Zealand (Ref. 5755); Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic, Northeast; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic, Southeast; Australia; Benguela Current; Canada; Canary Current; Canary Islands; Chile; China; East Central Australian Shelf; East China Sea; Humboldt Current; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Japan; Juan Fernández Islands; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Zealand; New Zealand Shelf; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Southeast; Pacific, Southwest; Pacific, Western Central; Peru; South Africa; Sponge Seamount; Tasman Sea; Western Sahara

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Paxton, John, Data last modified by FishBase 31-Jul-1996

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:dc90fda6-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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