CaRMS taxon details
Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)
158917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158917)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Korte Bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi. VIII. Nogle nordiske Laxesild (Scopeliner). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret.</em> 1891: 203-233. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: south of about 70°N to 47°N in the eastern sector and to about 40°N in the western sector.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: south of about 70°N to 47°N in the eastern sector and to about 40°N in the western sector. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158917 on 2025-06-01
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158917 on 2025-06-01
original description
(of ) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Korte Bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi. VIII. Nogle nordiske Laxesild (Scopeliner). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret.</em> 1891: 203-233. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: south of about 70°N to 47°N in the eastern sector and to about 40°N in the western sector. [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat High-oceanic species, found at 250-850 m during the day; at 90-325 m at night. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Bokmål | nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protomyctophum arcticum)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Protomyctophum arcticum, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protomyctophum arcticum)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Protomyctophum arcticum, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
