Lepidophanes Fraser-Brunner, 1949

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 : 30

Lepidophanes Fraser-Brunner, 1949

L. gaussi (Brauer, 1906) (Gauss‘ lanternfish) Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906

? Lampanyctus gaussi var. mediterranea Borodin, 1928

Lampanyctus subpectoralis Parr, 1928

Myctophum gaussi Brauer, 1906 Drawing from original description.

references general statements on the distribution of this species:

o Hulley (1981): …bipolar subtropical distribution … absent over equatorial regions and was again taken in waters of low productivity between about 10°S and 30°S off the Brazilian coast.

o Fricke et al. (2024): Atlantic

EEZ-UY references o none specimens ZMH collection:

o 103798 197/66 Hulley status First record for EEZ-UY.

L. guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) Günther’s lanternfish Lampanyctus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896

Lampanyctus melanothorax Parr, 1928

Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) Drawing from Fraser-Brunner (1949).

references general statements on the distribution of this species:

o Hulley (1981): …a tropical species. …as far as the Subtropical Convergence in the western South Atlantic … a form of tropical distribution intermediate between tropical and broadly tropical … its southern distributional limit at the Subtropical Convergence in the western South Atlantic can be related to the 15°C isotherm at 50 m. … Specimens taken south of the Subtropical Convergence…are apparently associated with water which crosses the Convergence and mixes with Subantarctic Surface Water…

o Fricke et al. (2024): Atlantic between 45°N and 50°S

EEZ-AR references mere listings for Argentina: o Cousseau & Rosso (2019) o Mabragaña & Cousseau (2021): ref. to Figueroa et al. (1998) localities in international waters: o Figueroa et al. (1998): 40°29'S 49°33'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 103855 197/66 Krefft & Hulley status Evidence-based confirmation of previous records from EEZ-UY.