Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae Lanternfishes
Subfamily: Lampanyctinae
Genus: Lampadena

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Lampadena anomala
[Anomalous lanternfish]

No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm SL

Lampadena atlantica
[]

Photo by SFSA

Lampadena chavesi
[Chaves' lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Lampadena dea
[]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Lampadena luminosa
[Luminous lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Lampadena notialis
[Notal lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Lampadena pontifex
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Photo by Garazo Fabregat, A.

Lampadena speculigera
[Mirror lanternfish]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Lampadena urophaos
[Sunbeam lampfish]

No picture found
North Pacific.
Max. Length 13 cm SL

Lampadena yaquinae
[]

10 Species of Family Myctophidae with Genus Lampadena
(Lanternfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1928	Lampadena anomala	Anomalous lanternfish	Eastern Atlantic	18 SL
1969	Lampadena atlantica		Eastern Atlantic	20 SL
1905	Lampadena chavesi	Chaves' lanternfish	Atlantic Ocean	8 SL
1949	Lampadena dea		Disjunct circumglobal dis	8.9 SL
1899	Lampadena luminosa	Luminous lanternfish	Atlantic, Indian and Paci	20 SL
1968	Lampadena notialis	Notal lanternfish	Convergence species in al	13.9 SL
1970	Lampadena pontifex		Eastern Atlantic	11 SL
1896	Lampadena speculigera	Mirror lanternfish	Atlantic Ocean	15.3 SL
1963	Lampadena urophaos	Sunbeam lampfish	Western Pacific	14 SL
1972	Lampadena yaquinae		North Pacific.	13 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: MyctophiformesFamily: Myctophidae LanternfishesSubfamily: LampanyctinaeGenus: Lampadena(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae Lanternfishes
Subfamily: Lampanyctinae
Genus: Lampadena

(See list of species below)