Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Lampanyctus

WoRMS 125825ITIS 162632GBIF 2405956key worms:125825

2026-08-05: itis_id 162632 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: itis_id 162632 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: worms_id 125825 matched by name "Nannobrachium"; WoRMS Nannobrachium unaccepted -> Lampanyctus

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Lampanyctus — Photo · R. Mintern, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Lampanyctus is a genus of lanternfishes.W CalCOFI holds 17,649 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 14 taxa under it.R

17,649
observations: 17,649
records: 7,781
sampling events: 1951–2023
years: 2
datasets: 13
species under it: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 7,777 obs · 7,777 events · 1951–2023 · larva
name used: Lampanyctus · code 261
Mesopelagic Fish 4 obs · 4 events · 2010–2011
name used: Nannobrachium sp. · code Nannobrachium sp. sp. → genus

Under it · 13 taxa

sp Lampanyctus ritteri Broadfin lampfish7,180
sp Lampanyctus regalis Pinpoint lampfish966
sp Lampanyctus parvicauda Slimtail lampfish556
sp Lampanyctus idostigma514
sp Lampanyctus hawaiiensis328
sp Lampanyctus steinbecki Longfin lampfish109
sp Lampanyctus bristori89
sp Lampanyctus tenuiformis Slender lanternfish73
sp Lampanyctus nobilis Noble lampfish34
sp Lampanyctus acanthurus Spinytail lampfish10
sp Lampanyctus omostigma6
sp Lampanyctus niger2
sp Lampanyctus achirus1

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125825%22

Lampanyctus

Under it · 13 taxa

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.