WoRMS taxon details
Lampadena speculigera Goode & Bean, 1896
126608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126608)
accepted
Species
Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914 · unaccepted
Lampedena speguligera Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Myctophum speculiger (Goode & Bean, 1896) · unaccepted
Scopelus speculigera (Goode & Bean, 1896) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: one specimen at 17°22'N, 22°58'W and another at 21°35'S, 2°0'W; 35°S-48°S in the South Atlantic;...
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: one specimen at 17°22'N, 22°58'W and another at 21°35'S, 2°0'W; 35°S-48°S in the South Atlantic; mainly north of the Gulf Stream edge in the North Atlantic (juveniles south to 32°N) and more generally between 35° and 45°N (up to 66°N as expatriates) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lampadena speculigera Goode & Bean, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126608 on 2025-11-07
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Nomenclature
original description
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. [details]
original description (of Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914) Zugmayer, E. (1914). Diagnoses de quelques poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle II (1911-1913). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 288: 1-4. [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 Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914) Zugmayer, E. (1914). Diagnoses de quelques poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle II (1911-1913). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 288: 1-4. [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 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: one specimen at 17°22'N, 22°58'W and another at 21°35'S, 2°0'W; 35°S-48°S in the South Atlantic; mainly north of the Gulf Stream edge in the North Atlantic (juveniles south to 32°N) and more generally between 35° and 45°N (up to 66°N as expatriates) [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 475- 950 m during day, migrates to 60- 750 m at night. [details]
Predators Swordfish [details]
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampadena speculigera)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum speculiger (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus speculigera (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lampanyctus speculiger P14601 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum speculiger P14572 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampadena speculigera)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum speculiger (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus speculigera (Goode & Bean, 1896))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampadena braueri Zugmayer, 1914)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lampanyctus speculiger P14601 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum speculiger P14572 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
