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Warming's Lanternfish
Christian Frederik Lütken, public domain, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Warming's Lanternfish

Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWarming's Lanternfish
Dutch—
SpanishLinternilla mayor
Chinese瓦明氏角灯鱼
Scientific nameCeratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892)

About this species

Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m (2,300 and 4,900 ft) during the day and between 20 and 200 m (70 and 660 ft) at night. Its length is about 8 cm (3.15 in).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderMyctophiformes
FamilyMyctophidae
GenusCeratoscopelus

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