Lampanyctus crocodilus
| Jewel lanternfish | |
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| From Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, 1896 | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Myctophidae
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| Species: | L. crocodilus
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| Lampanyctus crocodilus (A. Risso, 1810)
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Lampanyctus crocodilus, the jewel lanternfish, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found in west Mediterranean Sea and north Atlantic Ocean (above 50° N). Bathypelagic between 400 and 2000 m.
References[]
- TORTONESE E., Osteichthyes - Fauna d'Italia vol. XI, Calderini, 1975. Bologna, Italy.
- COSTA F., Atlante dei pesci dei mari italiani, Mursia, 1991. Milano, Italy.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Lampanyctus crocodilus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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- Lampanyctus
- Fish of the North Atlantic
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Fish described in 1810
- Taxa named by Antoine Risso
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