Lampanyctus crocodilus

Southern lanternfish
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


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/11/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.