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Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) 
AphiaID: 126586

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family) > Ceratoscopelus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ceratoscopelus Günther, 1864
Synonymised
taxa
  Ceratoscopelus warmingi (Lütken, 1892)
Lampanyctus polyphotis Beebe, 1932
Lampanyctus warmingii (Lütken, 1892)
Myctophum warmingii (Lütken, 1892)
Scopelus warmingii Lütken, 1892
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Warming's lantern fish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Known to feed on zooplankton but appears to be adapted for occasional herbivory  [details]

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: 35°N (eastern limit) and 42°N (western limit) south to the subtropical convergence [details]

Habitat: oceanic species found between 700 and 1,500 m during the day; between 20 and 200 m at night  [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Reproduction: Spawns in June and July  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126586
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126586 on 2013-05-22
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