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Northern Lampfish
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Northern Lampfish

Stenobrachius leucopsarus

The northern lampfish (Stenobrachius leucopsarus), also known as smallfin lanternfish is a small oceanic fish in the family Myctophidae. First described by husband and wife ichthyologists Carl H. and Rosa Smith Eigenmann in 1890, it is named for the numerous small round photophores that line the ventral surface of its head and body.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 231540.