Evermann's lantern fish

Symbolophorus evermanni

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–1,280 m
Water temperature16–30 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonOccasional

About this species

Symbolophorus evermanni is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. It is widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The specific name evermanni honors ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann. It is also known as Evermann's lanternfish or Evermann's lantern fish.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Symbolophorus evermanni”, 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: 70 records
February: 137 records
March: 60 records
April: 26 records
May: 80 records
June: 106 records
July: 104 records
August: 105 records
September: 267 records
October: 155 records
November: 155 records
December: 149 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1,280 m · Deepest record: 8,229.6 m

0–10 m: 100 records
10–20 m: 4 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 16 records
60–70 m: 15 records
70–80 m: 22 records
80–90 m: 3 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 7 records
110+ m: 741 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 126 records
26–28 °C: 203 records
28–30 °C: 94 records

Names and classification

English: Evermann's lantern fish, Evermann's Lanternfish

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: linternilla
Japanese: Magarihadaka, マガリハダカ

Other scientific names: Myctophum evermanni

Similar species

Warming's lantern fish
Ceratoscopelus warmingii
Spinycheek lanternfish
Benthosema fibulatum
Dasyscopelus obtusirostris
Spiny lantern fish
Dasyscopelus spinosus
Garman’s lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
Diaphus lucidus

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).
2,268 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.

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