Biology:Southern lanternfish
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Short description: Species of fish
Southern lanternfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Genus: | Lampanyctus |
Species: | L. australis
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Binomial name | |
Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932
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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.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lampanyctus australis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1107356 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern lanternfish.
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