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Warming's lantern fish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Ceratoscopelus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Myctophidae

Scientific name
  
Ceratoscopelus warmingii

Higher classification
  
Ceratoscopelus

Order
  
Myctophiformes

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Ceratoscopelus, Myctophum asperum, Diaphus, Lampanyctus, Lampadena luminosa

Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night. Its length is about 8 cm. It is an oceanic bathypelagic species.

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Warming's lantern fish Wikipedia


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