WoRMS taxon details
Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther, 1876)
217704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217704)
accepted
Species
Lampanyctus argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904) · unaccepted
Lampanyctus hectoris (Günther, 1876) · unaccepted
Myctophum argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904) · unaccepted
Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist, 1904 · unaccepted
Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876) Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v 17 (no. 101) (art. 43): 389-402. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217704 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
original description (of Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876) Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v 17 (no. 101) (art. 43): 389-402. [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]
original description (of Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876) Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on fishes with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v 17 (no. 101) (art. 43): 389-402. [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus hectoris (Günther, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampanyctodes hectoris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus hectoris (Günther, 1876))
To FishBase images (Lampanyctodes hectoris, by SFSA)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lampanyctus hectoris (Günther, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampanyctodes hectoris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum argenteus (Gilchrist, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus hectoris (Günther, 1876))
To FishBase images (Lampanyctodes hectoris, by SFSA)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus hectoris Günther, 1876)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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