Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 188

Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 16 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 60-1464 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: collected mainly between the subtropical convergence zone and the Antarctic polar front. In the north Atlantic, it can be found between 65°N and 47°N with isolates down to Western Sahara. In the Southern Ocean, it is found between 60°- 63°S, 90°- 120°W and in the Falkland Current Region at about 52°S, 43°W ( Hulley 1986). Numerous published occurrence records indicate that this species is circumglobal. One record for Gabon: USNM 219784.5078341-1963.