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Nannobrachium hawaiiensis Zahuranec, 2000. Probably not greatly exceeding 8 cm (3.1 in) SL (Zahuranec
2000). Northern Pacific central water mass; southern California to central Baja California (Zahuranec
2000). At depths of 106–3,556 m (348–11,666 ft) (min.: SIO 66-435; max.: SIO 57-84).
Nannobrachium idostigma (Parr, 1931). To 9.6 cm (3.8 in) SL (Zahuranec 2000). Central Baja California
(Berry and Perkins 1966) to Chile (Wisner 1976). Surface to mesopelagic (Wisner 1976). Recently as
Lampanyctus idostigma.
Nannobrachium nigrum Günther, 1887. To 11.1 cm (4.4 in) SL (Zahuranec 2000). Pacific and Indian oceans;
northern Baja California (Zahuranec 2000). At depths of 188–3,841 m (617–12,602 ft) (min.: SIO 54-96;
max.: SIO 60-249).
Nannobrachium regale (Gilbert, 1892). Pinpoint Lampfish. To 19.9 cm (7.8 in) SL (Watanabe et al. 1999).
Hokkaido, Japan (Wisner 1976) to Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to off Bahia Magdalena,
southern Baja California (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996). At depths of 50–1,500 m (164–4,921 ft;
Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Lampanyctus micropunctatus Chapman, 1939, is a junior synonym. Originally
as Myctophum regale, also seen as Lampanyctus regalis.
Nannobrachium ritteri (Gilbert, 1915). Broadfin Lampfish. To 13.9 cm (5.5 in) SL (Savinykh 1999). Eastern
North Pacific Ocean south of Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to southwest
of Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (about 19°N, 115°W; Zahuranec 2000). At depths of 8–
1,100 m (26–3,609 ft) (min.: LACM 34452.018; max.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Records from Central
or South America have not been verified (Zahuranec 2000). Originally as Lampanyctus ritteri.
Notolychnus valdiviae (Brauer, 1904). Topside Lampfish. To 2.6 cm (1 in) SL (Berry and Perkins 1966).
Circumglobal; Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); northern California (Berry and Perkins 1966) to Chile
(Pequeño 1989). At depths of 25–850 m (82–2,789 ft; Nafpaktitis et al. 1977).
*Notoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka, 1908). Fluorescent Lampfish or Spiny Lanternfish. To 14.8 cm (5.8 in) SL
(Watanabe et al. 1999). Widespread in western North Pacific south of 45°N; probable but not confirmed
in eastern Pacific at latitudes west of southern British Columbia and California (Peden and Hughes
1986 [table 1: “probable”]; Mecklenburg et al. 2002:246). At depths of 60–400 m (197–1,312 ft) or more
(Watanabe et al. 1999).
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845). Patchwork Lampfish. To about 9.5 cm (3.8 in) TL (Hulley in
Quéro et al. 1990). Circumglobal in warm waters; Japan and southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995)
to British Columbia (Peden 2003) and southern California to Chile (Wisner 1976). Larvae have been
taken well to the north of southern California, at about 39°N (Moser et al. 1993). Surface to 2,000 m
(6,562 ft; Hulley in Smith and Heemstra 1986). Although Clemens and Wilby (1961) and Hart (1973)
give 13.5 cm (5.3 in) for the maximum length, this evidently comes from a British Columbia fish (Hart’s
illustration [page 195] is of a 13-cm fish in the UBC collection) which is not this species but may be a
misidentified Lampanyctus species (Peden et al. 1985, Peden and Hughes 1986).
Parvilux ingens Hubbs & Wisner, 1964. Giant Lampfish. To 20 cm (7.9 in) SL (Wisner 1976). Oregon
(Matarese et al. 1989) to Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Hubbs and Wisner 1964). At depths of
2–900 m (7–2,953 ft) (min.: LACM 6523.002; max.: LACM 38763.004).
Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939). California Flashlightfish. To about 4.6 cm (1.8 in) SL (Wisner
1976). Northern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) to southern British Columbia to Baja California
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002: 245) and Chile (Pequeño 1989). Surface to 950 m (3,117 ft) (min.: Matarese
et al. 1989; max.: LACM 38735.009). Recently as Hierops crockeri.
Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944). Bigeye Lanternfish, Northern Flashlightfish, or Northern
Lanternfish. To 7 cm (2.75 in) TL (Hart 1973). Northern Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) to southern