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 elongatus (Costa, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Notoscopelus*	Günther, 1864	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Notoscopelus (Notoscopelus) elongatus*	(Costa, 1844)	synonym; alternate representation
*Scopelus elongatus*	Costa, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Φανόφαρο της Μεσογείου

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
additional source	Tuncer, S.; Orlov, A.; Ozen, O.; Bilgin, S. (2009). New Record of Elongate Lanternfish, Notoscopelus Elongatus (Costa, 1844), from the Coastal Waters of Aegean Sea, Turkey, with Notes on Species' Morphology and Distribution. Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria. 39(2): 139-145.
taxonomy source	Nafpaktitis, B. G. (1975). Review of the Lanternfish Genus Notoscopelus (Family Myctophidae) in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Bulletin of Marine Science. 25(1): 75-87.
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

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Notoscopelus elongatus, Italy, by Costa, F.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Notoscopelus elongatus (Costa, 1844). 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:158915