WoRMS taxon details
Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904)
272713 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272713)
accepted
Species
Lampanyctus basili Kotthaus, 1972 · unaccepted
Lampanyctus macropterus novaeguineae Fowler, 1958 · unaccepted
Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904 · unaccepted
Serpa freta Whitley, 1936 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Lampanyctus macropterus novaeguineae Fowler, 1958 accepted as Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904)
- Subspecies Lampanyctus macropterus taningi Angel & Verrier, 1931 accepted as Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myctophum macropterum 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. Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272713 on 2025-11-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lampanyctus basili Kotthaus, 1972) Kotthaus, A. (1972). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes 'Meteor' in des Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil, IX Iniomi (Nachtrag: Fam. Myctophidae). <em>Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie.</em> 12: 12-35. [details]
original description (of Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904) Brauer, A. (1904). Die Gattung Myctophum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 28 (no. 10): 377-404. [details]
original description (of Serpa freta Whitley, 1936) Whitley, G. P. (1936). A new species of lantern fish from New Zealand, with remarks on the genus Serpa (family Myctophidae). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 8 (pt 3): 160-163. [details]
original description (of Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904) Brauer, A. (1904). Die Gattung Myctophum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 28 (no. 10): 377-404. [details]
original description (of Serpa freta Whitley, 1936) Whitley, G. P. (1936). A new species of lantern fish from New Zealand, with remarks on the genus Serpa (family Myctophidae). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 8 (pt 3): 160-163. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
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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]
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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lampanyctus macropterus taningi Angel & Verrier, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Serpa freta Whitley, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus macropterus novaeguineae Fowler, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus macropterus taningi Angel & Verrier, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Serpa freta Whitley, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus basili Kotthaus, 1972)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Serpa freta Whitley, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus macropterus novaeguineae Fowler, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus macropterus taningi Angel & Verrier, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Serpa freta Whitley, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampanyctus basili Kotthaus, 1972)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum macropterum Brauer, 1904)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
