Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Myctophiformes > Family Myctophidae > Genus Notoscopelus

Notoscopelus kroyeri (Malm, 1861)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

NotoscopelusGünther, 1864accepted genus name

Species group names

Notoscopelus (Notoscopelus) kroeyeri (Malm, 1861) synonym; alternate representation
Notoscopelus kroeyerii (Malm, 1861) synonym
Scopelus kroyeri Malm, 1861 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: Krøyer's lanternfish; lancet fish sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
 Norwegian Bokmål: stor lysprikkfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: stor lysprikkfisk

Literature

basis of record

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

additional source

Carneiro, M.; Martins, R.; Landi, M.; Costa, F. O. (2014). Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf. European Journal of Taxonomy. 73: 1-73.

ecology source

Looby, 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).

Genbank

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External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Notoscopelus kroyeri, by DESCNA)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Notoscopelus kroyeri (Malm, 1861). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272728

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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