Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 122003 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Ctenoscopelus phengodes (Lütken, 1892)
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Family
- 37 122 Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) - show full list
- Standard Name
(AS 5300) - Bright Lanternfish
- Common Names List
- shining lanternfish
- Organism Type
- a lanternfish
- Synonyms
- Myctophum phengodes
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
- Parent Codes
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37 122929
Ctenoscopelus spp.
- Previous Codes
(if any) - 122003
- Taxon Notes
- Updated from Myctophum phengodes after Martin et al 2018.
- Identifiers
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World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:317539
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-23
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2026-08-18Occurrence locations [47] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 0 to 1200 m.
- Record source
- Martin, Rene P., Olson, Emily E., Girard, Matthew G., Smith, Wm. Leo, Davis, Matthew P., 2018. Light in the darkness: New perspective on lanternfish relationships and classification using genomic and morphological data, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 121: 71-85. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.029