WoRMS taxon details
Lampadena pontifex Krefft, 1970
272707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272707)
accepted
Species
Lampadena ponifex Krefft, 1970 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lampadena pontifix Krefft, 1970 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Krefft, G. (1970). Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Gattung Lampadena Goode & Bean, 1896 (Osteichthyes, Myctophoidei, Myctophidae) in Atlantischen Ozean, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art. <em>Berichte der Deutschen Wissenschaftlichen Kommission für Meeresforschung.</em> 21 (1-4): 271-289. [English, French and Spanish summaries.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lampadena pontifex Krefft, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272707 on 2026-02-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Krefft, G. (1970). Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Gattung Lampadena Goode & Bean, 1896 (Osteichthyes, Myctophoidei, Myctophidae) in Atlantischen Ozean, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art. <em>Berichte der Deutschen Wissenschaftlichen Kommission für Meeresforschung.</em> 21 (1-4): 271-289. [English, French and Spanish summaries.]. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampadena pontifex)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampadena ponifex Krefft, 1970)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampadena pontifix Krefft, 1970)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampadena pontifex)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampadena ponifex Krefft, 1970)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampadena pontifix Krefft, 1970)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS