Animalia > Chordata > Myctophiformes > Myctophidae > Notoscopelus > Notoscopelus caudispinosus

Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Spinetail lanternfish; Lobisomem; Lanternfish)

Synonyms: Lampanyctus caudospinosus; Macrostoma caudospinosum; Scopelus caudispinosus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Notoscopelus caudispinosus is a species of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae. It is found in the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and parts of the Pacific Ocean. It spends the day below 1,000 m (3,300 ft), rising towards the surface to feed at night.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ascaris filariformis <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0