Southern lanternfish

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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. It is an oceanic mesopelagic species, eaten by hakes, kingklip and Cape horse mackerel.

Southern lanternfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lampanyctus
Species:
L. australis
Binomial name
Lampanyctus australis
Tåning, 1932

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lampanyctus australis". FishBase. May 2006 version.