- Lampanyctus Bonaparte, C.L.P. 1840. Iconografia della Fauna Italica, per le quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Pesci. Vol 3 Fasc. 27–29. Roma : Salviucci 135-154 pp., 18 pls. [not seen for publication date Salvatori, T. 1888. Le date della publicazione della "Iconographia della Fauna Italica" del Bonaparte ed Indice delle specie illustrate in detta opera. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 3(48): 1–25 [13]] [139].
Type species:
Nyctophus bonapartii Cocco, 1838 by monotypy (= Gasteropelecus crocodilus Risso, 1810).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Victoria: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: NW oceanic, S oceanic, W oceanic
History of changes
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- Lampanyctus alatus Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology. Special Bulletin. United States National Museum 2: 1-553 pls 1-123 [dated 1895] [79, pl. 24(92)].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM 43769, Gulf of Mexico [28°43´N, 87°14´W].
Paralectotype(s) USNM 205269.Subsequent designation references:
Bolin, R.L. 1959. Iniomi Myctophidae from the Michael Sars North Atlantic deep sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 4(2): 1-45 figs 1-7 [27].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Townsville, QLD (16º42´S) to off Hobart, TAS (42º41´S) and off Eucla (127º53´E) to off North West Cape (22º12´S), WA; tropical, temperate, Atlantic Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Victoria: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic, W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [38] (272)
Common Name References
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [38] (Nightlight Fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Winged Lanternfish)
History of changes
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- Lampanyctus alatus australis Tåning, Å.V. 1932. Notes on scopelids from the Dana Expeditions. 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 94: 125-146 figs 1-16 [145].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P.2330216, off New Zealand [41°47´S, 176°55´E].Subsequent designation references:
Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [44].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Sydney, NSW (34º05´S) to off southern TAS (47º12´S) and off Eucla, WA (128º37´E); temperate, southern circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southern Province (8)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: SE oceanic
- Victoria: SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (337)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Austral Lanternfish)
Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [4] (Nightlight Fish)
History of changes
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- Lampanyctus festivus Tåning, Å.V. 1928. Synopsis of the scopelids in the North Atlantic. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 86: 49-69 figs 1-2 [67].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P.2330215, North Atlantic [35°44´N, 29°33´W].Subsequent designation references:
Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [42].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Townsville, QLD (16º42´S) to off Cape Howe, NSW (37º24´S) and off Eucla (128º37´E) to off Dampier (18º29´S), WA; tropical, temperate, southern circumglobal (also recorded in North Atlantic).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: NW oceanic, S oceanic, W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Brandt, S.B. 1981. Effects of a warm-core eddy on fish distribution in the Tasman Sea off east Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 6: 19-33 figs 1-7
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Festive Lanternfish)
History of changes
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- Lampanyctus intricarius Tåning, Å.V. 1928. Synopsis of the scopelids in the North Atlantic. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 86: 49-69 figs 1-2 [67].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P.2330208, North Atlantic [38°10´N, 9°20´W].Subsequent designation references:
Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [43].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle, NSW (33º01´S) to off southern TAS (47º05´S) and off Eucla, WA (127º53´E); temperate, Atlantic Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southern Province (8)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: SE oceanic
- Victoria: SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Nafpaktitis, B.G., Backus, R.H., Craddock, J.E., Haedrich, R.L., Robison, B.H. & Karnella, C. 1977. Family Myctophidae. In, Gibbs, R.H. (ed.) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(7): 13-265 figs 1-180
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Intricate Lanternfish)
History of changes
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- Lampanyctus lepidolychnus Becker, V.E. 1967. The lanternfishes (Myctophidae) from the Petr Lebedev Atlantic Expeditions 1961–1964. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 84: 84-124 figs 1-13 [in Russian] [112, fig. 9].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL 37858, South Atlantic [42°17´S, 39°W].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle (33º01´S) to off Brush Island (35º36´S), NSW and south of TAS (47ºS); temperate, southern circumglobal (except central and east Pacific).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
McGinnis, R.F. 1982. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XII. Biogeography of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) south of 30°S. American Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series 35: 1-110 figs 1-56
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Mermaid Lanternfish)
History of changes
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Species Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode & Bean, 1896)
MacDonald's Lanternfish, Rakery Beaconlamp
- Nannobrachium macdonaldi Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology. Special Bulletin. United States National Museum 2: 1-553 pls 1-123 [dated 1895] [94, pl. 29(110)] [as Nanobranchium macdonaldi].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 39478, North Atlantic [39°48´N, 70°36´W].
Paratype(s) ANSP 7978; USNM 33526; USNM 35441; USNM 35539; USNM 35557; USNM 35616; USNM 39478; USNM 39481; USNM 43844-48; USNM 43850.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Off southern TAS (47ºS); temperate, discontinuous (Atlantic, South Pacific).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
McGinnis, R.F. 1982. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XII. Biogeography of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) south of 30°S. American Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series 35: 1-110 figs 1-56
Common Name References
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Rakery Beaconlamp)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (MacDonald's Lanternfish)
History of changes
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- Lampanyctus nobilis Tåning, Å.V. 1928. Synopsis of the scopelids in the North Atlantic. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 86: 49-69 figs 1-2 [66].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P2330211, North Atlantic [17°41'N, 60°58'W].Subsequent designation references:
Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [41].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off North West Cape, WA (22º12´S), Lizard Island, QLD (14º30´S) and Sydney, NSW (34º20´S); tropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic
- Western Australia: W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Nafpaktitis, B.G., Backus, R.H., Craddock, J.E., Haedrich, R.L., Robison, B.H. & Karnella, C. 1977. Family Myctophidae. In, Gibbs, R.H. (ed.) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(7): 13-265 figs 1-180
Common Name References
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Noble Lampfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Noble Lanternfish)
History of changes
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- Scopelus pusillus Johnson, J.Y. 1890. On some new species of fish from Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 452-459 [457].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1890.5.31.8, Madeira.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle (33º20´S) to off southern TAS (47ºS) and off Eucla (128º37´E) to off Bunbury (33ºS), WA; temperate, southern circumglobal (also recorded from North Atlantic).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic, W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Brandt, S.B. 1981. Effects of a warm-core eddy on fish distribution in the Tasman Sea off east Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 6: 19-33 figs 1-7
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pygmy Lanternfish)
History of changes
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| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |