Lampanyctus crocodilus
| Southern lanternfish | |
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| From Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, 1896 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Lampanyctus |
| Species: | L. crocodilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampanyctus crocodilus (A. Risso, 1810) | |
The jewel lanternfish, Lampanyctus crocodilus, 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lampanyctus crocodilus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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