(of)Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris. i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052 page(s): 357 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: reported from as shallow as 46 m in Ungava Bay, Canada, in slope water region
Distribution Western Atlantic: reported from as shallow as 46 m in Ungava Bay, Canada, in slope water region [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126612 on 2025-06-01
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126612 on 2025-06-01
original description(of)Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris. i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052 page(s): 357 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
context source (Bermuda)Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes
In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168[details]
basis of recordvan der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceScott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.[details]
additional sourceFroese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online athttps://www.fishbase.org[details]
ecology sourceLooby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Canada
Ireland
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on ostracods, euphausiids and copepods [details] Distribution Western Atlantic: reported from as shallow as 46 m in Ungava Bay, Canada, in slope water region [details] Habitat nektonic [details] Habitat High-oceanic, between 700-1,000 m during the day (with juveniles in the upper 200 m) and 45-250 m and 4000-1,000 m at nigh. [details] Reproduction Apparently spawns in deepwater from September to November; external fertilization; open water/ substratum egg scatterers [details]
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