Southern lanternfish
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Southern lanternfish |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
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Lampanyctus australis (Tåning, 1932) |
The southern lanternfish, Lampanyctus australis, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between 33° S and 44° S, mainly at below 500 m. Its length is about 13 cm. It is an oceanic mesopelagic species, eaten by hakes, kingklip and Cape horse mackerel.
[edit] References
- "Lampanyctus australis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.