Deep-Sea taxon details
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845)
158916 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158916)
accepted
Species
Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: about 35°N (east of 40°W) and 47°N (west of 40°W) to the southern subtropical convergence at 40°S, but...
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: about 35°N (east of 40°W) and 47°N (west of 40°W) to the southern subtropical convergence at 40°S, but with discontinuity in the region of the cyclonic gyre 2°S - 11°S, in the eastern Atlantic and in the minimum region off Brazil (5°-9°S to 21°S) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158916 on 2025-12-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158916 on 2025-12-16
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(of Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
original description (of ) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [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]
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]
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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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]
original description (of ) Richardson, J. (1844-1848). Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. <em>In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London.</em> v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. [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]
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]
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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: about 35°N (east of 40°W) and 47°N (west of 40°W) to the southern subtropical convergence at 40°S, but with discontinuity in the region of the cyclonic gyre 2°S - 11°S, in the eastern Atlantic and in the minimum region off Brazil (5°-9°S to 21°S) [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
Habitat high-oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic; nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 300 m and found between 651-2,000 m during the day [details]
Reproduction Spawns off Bermuda in late autumn to winter [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | patchwork lampfish | [details] |
| Japanese | イサリビハダカ | [details] |
| Russian | Блистающий нотоскопел | [details] |
| Spanish | linternilla brillante | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notoscopelus resplendens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notoscopelus hoffmani P09386 illustration) (from synonym Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notoscopelus resplendens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Notoscopelus hoffmani P09386 illustration) (from synonym Serpa hoffmanni Fowler, 1934)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
