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| name = Southern lanternfish |
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| image = Lampanyctus australis (Southern lanternfish).gif |
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| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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Revision as of 18:54, 29 August 2006
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| Species: | L. australis
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| Lampanyctus australis (Tåning, 1932)
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The southern lanternfish, Lampanyctus australis, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between 33° S and 44° S, mainly at below 500 m. Its length is about 13 cm. It is an oceanic mesopelagic species, eaten by hakes, kingklip and Cape horse mackerel.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Lampanyctus australis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.