WoRMS taxon details
Lepidophanes gaussi (Brauer, 1906)
126620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126620)
accepted
Species
Lampanyctus gaussi (Brauer, 1906) · unaccepted
Lampanyctus gaussi mediterranea Borodin, 1928 · unaccepted
Lampanyctus subpectoralis Parr, 1928 · unaccepted
Macrostoma gaussi (Brauer, 1906) · unaccepted
Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [details]
Distribution in the Atlantic, in central regions of anticyclonic gyrals in both hemispheres
Distribution in the Atlantic, in central regions of anticyclonic gyrals in both hemispheres [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepidophanes gaussi (Brauer, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126620 on 2025-11-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lampanyctus subpectoralis 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 Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [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 Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906) Brauer, A. (1906). Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. <em>In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena.</em> 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6002309 [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 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). (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 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). (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 in the Atlantic, in central regions of anticyclonic gyrals in both hemispheres [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat high-oceanic; found at 425-850 m during the day and nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 175 m (maximum abundance at 51-100 m) [details]
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampanyctus subpectoralis Parr, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus gaussi (Brauer, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidophanes gaussi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus gaussi (Brauer, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus subpectoralis Parr, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrostoma gaussi (Brauer, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus gaussi mediterranea Borodin, 1928)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampanyctus subpectoralis Parr, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus gaussi (Brauer, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidophanes gaussi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus gaussi (Brauer, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus subpectoralis Parr, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrostoma gaussi (Brauer, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus gaussi mediterranea Borodin, 1928)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
