WoRMS taxon details
Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892)
158902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158902)
accepted
Species
Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Spolia Atlantica. Scopelini Musei zoologici Universitatis Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Med et tillaeg om en anden pelagisk fiskeslaegt. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6).</em> v. 7 (no. 6): 221-297, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158902 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Spolia Atlantica. Scopelini Musei zoologici Universitatis Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Med et tillaeg om en anden pelagisk fiskeslaegt. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6).</em> v. 7 (no. 6): 221-297, Pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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]
context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1933). Preliminary account of deep sea dives in the bathysphere with especial reference to one of 2200 feet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 19(1): 178-188 [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 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 [request]
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]
context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1933). Preliminary account of deep sea dives in the bathysphere with especial reference to one of 2200 feet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 19(1): 178-188 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 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
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on plankton [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat High-oceanic, nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 275 m and found between 300-600 m during the day. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | metallic lanternfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myctophum affine)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892)
To FishBase images (Myctophum affine, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum affine RAD104959-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum affine RAD104960-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum opalinum P09739 illustration) (from synonym Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinoscopelus oceanicus P06427 illustration) (from synonym Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myctophum affine)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892)
To FishBase images (Myctophum affine, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum affine RAD104959-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum affine RAD104960-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophum opalinum P09739 illustration) (from synonym Myctophum opalinum Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinoscopelus oceanicus P06427 illustration) (from synonym Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
To ITIS
