Ceratoscopelus warmingii, (Lutken, 1892)

Abstract, Stefan Koerber, 2024, Lanternfishes (Myctophidae) collected by the German research vessel Walther Herwig in the Exclusive Economic Zones of Argentina and Uruguay., Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 85, pp. 1-51 : 22

C. warmingii (Lütken, 1892)

Scopelus warmingii Lütken, 1892 Lampanyctus polyphotis Beebe, 1932

Scopelus warmingii Lütken, 1892 Drawing from original description.

Warming’s lanternfish references general statements on the distribution of this species:

o Hulley (1981): …in the Atlantic possesses a broadly tropical or tropical-subtropical distribution pattern … southern limit lies in the region of the Subtropical Convergence…

o Fricke et al. (2024): circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, except not in southeastern Pacific

EEZ-AR references mere listings for Argentina:

o Stehmann (1979): illustrated field guide [1978 not seen]

o Menni et al. (1984): ref. to Stehmann (1978)

o Cousseau & Rosso (2019)

o Mabragaña & Cousseau (2021): ref. to Figueroa et al. (1998) localities in international waters:

o Figueroa et al. (1998): 40°31'S 45°50'W

specimens o none status While still lacking a published evidence-based record, a distribution of this species in EEZ-AR should not be implied.

EEZ-UY references mere listings for Uruguay: o Nion et al. (2002, 2016) specimens ZMH collection: o 103472 197/66 Krefft status Evidence-based confirmation of previous records from EEZ-UY.