Cocco's lantern fish

Cocco's lantern fish (Lobianchia gemellarii), also called Gemellar's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish.[3][4][5][6]

Cocco's lantern fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lobianchia
Species:
L. gemellarii
Binomial name
Lobianchia gemellarii
(Cocco, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • Nyctophus gemellarii Cocco, 1838
  • Diaphus gemellari Cocco, 1838
  • Diaphus gemellarii Cocco, 1838
  • Diaphus nipponensis Gilbert, 1913
  • Lampanyctus gemellari Cocco, 1838
  • Lebianchia gemellari Cocco, 1838
  • Lobiancha gemellarii Cocco, 1838
  • Lobianchia gemelari Cocco, 1838
  • Lobianchia gemellari Cocco, 1838
  • Myctophum gemellari Cocco, 1838
  • Myctophum gemellarii Cocco, 1838
  • Nyctophus gemellarii Cocco, 1838
  • Scopelus gemellari Cocco, 1838
  • Scopelus gemellarii Cocco, 1838
  • Scopelus uraeoclampusuracoclampus Facciolà, 1884
  • Scopelus uraeoclampus Facciolà, 1884

Description
Diagram

It maximum length is 6.0 cm (2.4 in).[7] It has 16–18 dorsal soft rays and 13–15 anal soft rays. Males have a supracaudal gland, while females have an infracaudal luminous gland made of two heart-shaped scales,[8] flanked by smaller, triangular luminous scales. It has photophores and a lateral line.[4]

Habitat

Cocco's lantern fish is bathypelagic and oceanodromous, living at depths of 25–800 m (82–2,625 ft) in non-polar seas worldwide.[9]

Behaviour

Cocco's lantern fish are oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae.[9]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Italian geologist Carlo Gemellaro (1787-1866).[10]

References
  1. Museum), Percy (Butch) Hulley (South Africa (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lobianchia gemellarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "Lobianchia gemellarii". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  4. "Ichthyoplankton and Station Data for Surface Tows Taken During the 1987 Eastern Tropical Pacific Dolphin Survey on the Research Vessels David Starr Jordan and McArthur". U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. August 24, 2000 – via Google Books.
  5. Wisner, Robert L. (August 24, 1976). "The Taxonomy and Distribution of Lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) of the Eastern Pacific Ocean". Department of Defense, Navy Department, Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity – via Google Books.
  6. Richards, William J. (August 8, 2005). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203500217 – via Google Books.
  7. McEachran, John (August 24, 2010). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292793231 – via Google Books.
  8. Nafpaktitis, Basil G. (August 24, 1978). "Systematics and Distribution of Lanternfishes of the Genera Lobianchia and Diaphus (Myctophidae) in the Indian Ocean". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County – via Google Books.
  9. "Lobianchia gemellarii, Cocco's lantern fish". www.fishbase.se.
  10. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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