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GBIF·2347042speciesAnimalia210 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderStomiiformes
  4. ›familyStomiidae
  5. ›genusAstronesthes
Astronesthes lucifer
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Pacific astronesthid fish

Astronesthes lucifer Gilbert, 1905

Also calledYamorihadaka (jpn) · Ломозуб (астронест) светящийся (rus) · ヤモリハダカ (jpn) · 巨口魚 (zho) · 螢光星衫魚 (zho)

First described in: Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2347042.