Southern lanternfish

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The Southern lanternfish lives in the pelagic-oceanic, oceanodromous, marine environment.

The southern lanternfish, Lampanyctus australis, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between 33° S and 44° S, mainly at below 500 m. Its length is about 13 cm. More

Southern lanternfish, Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932 ... Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904) Noble lampfish, Lampanyctus nobilis Tåning, 1928 ... en.wikipedia.org 3 Australian Museum Larval Fishes Early life history database ... Information about MYCTOPHIDAE Lampanyctus nobilis Taning, 1928 ... More

Common names

Austral lanternfish in English
Lanternfish in English
Lanternules de Sud in French (français)
Lanternules du Sud in French (français)
Linternillas del Sur in Spanish (español)
Mictófido in Spanish (español)
Nightlight fish in English
Southern lanternfish in English
澳洲珍灯鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
澳洲珍燈魚 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Myctophiformes
Family : Myctophidae
Genus : Lampanyctus
Species : Lampanyctus australis
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Southern lanternfish (Lampanyctus australis)