Deep-Sea taxon details
Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839)
126585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126585)
accepted
Species
Ceratoscopelus madeirensis (Lowe, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
Distribution Slope Water and Gulf Streams regions from 50°N to 30°N.
Distribution Slope Water and Gulf Streams regions from 50°N to 30°N. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126585 on 2026-01-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126585 on 2026-01-14
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(of ) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
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) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
Diet Feeds on copepods and adult/larval forms of other planktonic crustaceans [details]Distribution Slope Water and Gulf Streams regions from 50°N to 30°N. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat High-oceanic, schooling, found between 650-700 m during the day and between 51-250 m at night with size stratification with depth. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Madeira lantern fishhorned lanternfish | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Φανόψαρο της Μαδέιρας | [details] |
| Russian | Североатлантический цератоскопел | [details] |
| Turkish | isildak baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ceratoscopelus madeirensis (Lowe, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratoscopelus maderensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ceratoscopelus madeirensis (Lowe, 1839))
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ceratoscopelus maderansis P02706 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ceratoscopelus madeirensis (Lowe, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratoscopelus maderensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ceratoscopelus madeirensis (Lowe, 1839))
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ceratoscopelus maderansis P02706 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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