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Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892)

Warming's lantern fish
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Common names: Warming's lanternfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known off Cape York, Qld. To off Cape Cuvier, W.A including New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia (Ref. 7300). Also reported from Lord Howe Island (Ref. 75154).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Lampanyctinae
Etymology: Ceratoscopelus: Greek, keras, -atos = horn + Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lütken.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 391 - 2056 m (Ref. 27311).   Deep-water; 42°N - 65°S, 180°W - 180°E

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