Lampfish

Dinoperca petersi

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth10–43 m
Water temperature18–25 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and July
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Dinoperca petersi, the lampfish or the cavebass, is a species in the monotypic genus Dinoperca and one of two species in the family Dinopercidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Dinoperca”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 240 records
February: 230 records
March: 248 records
April: 305 records
May: 328 records
June: 303 records
July: 388 records
August: 223 records
September: 146 records
October: 173 records
November: 194 records
December: 279 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–43 m · Deepest record: 42.5 m

10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–25 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 944 records
24–26 °C: 21 records

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Names and classification

English: Lampfish, lampfish

Other scientific names: Dinoperca petersii, Dinoperca queketti, Hapalogenys petersi

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3,052 open-data records from 1917 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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