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Lampanyctus nobilis Tåning, 1928 
AphiaID: 158897

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family) > Lampanyctus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: isolated individuals to 42°N in the Gulf Stream but generally from 23°N to Brazil. [details]

Habitat: oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic; found between 475 to over 900 m during the day and between 100-500 m at night; maximum abundance found between 300-500 m at night [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Reproduction: Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158897
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lampanyctus nobilis Tåning, 1928. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158897 on 2013-05-25
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