Cocco's lantern fish
Species of fish
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Cocco's lantern fish (Lobianchia gemellarii), also called Gemellar's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish.[3][4][5][6]
| Cocco's lantern fish | |
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| Lobianchia gemellarii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Lobianchia |
| Species: | L. gemellarii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838) | |
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Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Italian geologist Carlo Gemellaro (1787–1866).[7]
Description
Cocco's lantern fish's maximum length is 6.0 cm (2.4 in).[8] 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,[9] 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.[10]
