WoRMS taxon details
Lampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887)
301537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:301537)
accepted
Species
Lampanctus niger (Günther, 1887) · unaccepted
Myctophum nigrum (Günther, 1887) · unaccepted
Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887 · unaccepted
Paralampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887) Günther, A. (1887). Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 22 (part 57): i-lxv, 1-268, pl. 1-73., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-57/README.htm [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=301537 on 2025-10-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887) Günther, A. (1887). Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 22 (part 57): i-lxv, 1-268, pl. 1-73., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-57/README.htm [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Black lantern fish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | トンガリハダカ | [details] |
| Russian | Черный лампаникт [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myctophum nigrum (Günther, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paralampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampanyctus niger)
To FishBase (from synonym Paralampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum nigrum (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanctus niger (Günther, 1887))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lampanyctus niger RAD104923-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nannobrachium nigrum RAD104913-001) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nannobrachium nigrum RAD104914-001) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myctophum nigrum (Günther, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paralampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampanyctus niger)
To FishBase (from synonym Paralampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum nigrum (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanctus niger (Günther, 1887))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lampanyctus niger RAD104923-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nannobrachium nigrum RAD104913-001) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nannobrachium nigrum RAD104914-001) (from synonym Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887)
To ITIS
