Noble lampfish

Lampanyctus nobilis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth120–1,125 m
Water temperature12–30 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Lampanyctus nobilis, the noble lampfish, is a species of lanternfish.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lampanyctus nobilis”, 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: 6 records
February: 20 records
March: 19 records
April: 7 records
May: 16 records
June: 25 records
July: 7 records
August: 15 records
September: 140 records
October: 29 records
November: 47 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 120–1,125 m · Deepest record: 4,300 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 8 records
70–80 m: 10 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110+ m: 247 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–30 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 4 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 46 records
26–28 °C: 35 records
28–30 °C: 171 records

Names and classification

English: Noble lampfish, Noble lanternfish

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: linternilla noble
Japanese: Hoso-tongari-hadaka, Hosotongarihadaka, ホソトンガリハダカ

Similar species

Warming's lantern fish
Ceratoscopelus warmingii
Dogtooth lampfish
Ceratoscopelus townsendi
Evermann's lantern fish
Symbolophorus evermanni
Spinycheek lanternfish
Benthosema fibulatum
Skinnycheek lanternfish
Benthosema pterotum
Smallfin lanternfish
Benthosema suborbitale

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).
1,051 open-data records from 1965 to 2021.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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