WoRMS taxon details
Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896)
126621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126621)
accepted
Species
Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
Lampanyctus guntheri Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928 · unaccepted
Macrostoma guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) · unaccepted
Myctophum guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details] 
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: between about 45°N and 50°S, but apparently absent from Benguela Upwelling Region and seasonally absent...
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: between about 45°N and 50°S, but apparently absent from Benguela Upwelling Region and seasonally absent from off northeast Brazil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126621 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928) Parr, A. E. (1928). Deepsea fishes of the order Iniomi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. With annotated keys to the Sudididae, Myctophidae, Scopelarchidae, Evermannellidae, Omosudidae, Cetomimidae and Rondeletidae of the world. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> v. 3 (art. 3): 1-193. [details]
original description (of Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896) Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452 [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452 [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeding is acyclic in northwest Africa [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: between about 45°N and 50°S, but apparently absent from Benguela Upwelling Region and seasonally absent from off northeast Brazil. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat high-oceanic; found between 425-750 m during the day and between 40-125 m at night (maximum abundance in the upper 50 m) [details]
To Barcode of Life (113 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidophanes guentheri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrostoma guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus guntheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Macrostoma guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lampanyctus guntheri P14584 illustration) (from synonym Lampanyctus guntheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepidophanes guentheri RAD104958-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidophanes guentheri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrostoma guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus guntheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Macrostoma guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lampanyctus guntheri P14584 illustration) (from synonym Lampanyctus guntheri Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepidophanes guentheri RAD104958-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
