WoRMS taxon details
Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904)
217709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217709)
accepted
Species
Lampanyctus procerus (Brauer, 1904) · unaccepted
Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949 · unaccepted
Lampichthys rutkovichi Linkowski, 1985 · unaccepted
Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904) Brauer, A. (1904). Die Gattung Myctophum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 28 (no. 10): 377-404. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217709 on 2025-10-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904) Brauer, A. (1904). Die Gattung Myctophum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 28 (no. 10): 377-404. [details]
original description (of Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949) Fraser-Brunner, A. (1949). A classification of the fishes of the family Myctophidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 118 (4): 1019-1106, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Lampichthys rutkovichi Linkowski, 1985) Linkowski, T. B. (1985). A new species of lanternfish (Osteichthyes, Myctophidae) from the South Atlantic. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 14 (4): 319-324. [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 Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949) Fraser-Brunner, A. (1949). A classification of the fishes of the family Myctophidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 118 (4): 1019-1106, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Lampichthys rutkovichi Linkowski, 1985) Linkowski, T. B. (1985). A new species of lanternfish (Osteichthyes, Myctophidae) from the South Atlantic. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 14 (4): 319-324. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampanyctus procerus (Brauer, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampichthys procerus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus procerus (Brauer, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampichthys rutkovichi Linkowski, 1985)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampanyctus procerus (Brauer, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampichthys procerus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus procerus (Brauer, 1904))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampichthys rutkovichi Linkowski, 1985)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Myctophum procerum Brauer, 1904)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS