checklist (pdf) - The Love Lab - University of California, Santa Barbara

Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to central California (38°N; Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996).
Surface to 1,370 m (4,495 ft) (min.: Wisner 1976; max.: Sheiko and Fedorov 2000). Recently as Hierops
thompsoni. Originally named Myctophum oculeum, then renamed Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944.
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890). Northern Lampfish. To 12.5 cm (4.9 in) TL
(Gorbatenko and Il’inskii 1992). Southern Japan off Honshu (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) to southern
Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska to northern Baja California (about 29°N, 115°W; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
At depths of 30 m or less to about 1,000 m (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), reported to 2,896 m (9,500 ft;
Matarese et al. 1989). Originally in Myctophum, and at times in Nannobrachium and Lampanyctus.
Stenobrachius nannochir (Gilbert, 1890). Garnet Lampfish. To 13.5 cm (5.3 in) TL (Gorbatenko and Il’inskii
1992). Japan (Wisner 1976, Shinohara et al. 1994) to southern Bering Sea to California (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002). Primarily mesopelagic, to depth of about 1,000 m (3,280 ft), few found above 500 m (1,640 ft;
Peden et al. 1985, Mecklenburg et al. 2002); possibly as shallow as 240 m (787 ft; Orlov 1998); usually
taken deeper than S. leucopsarus (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Originally in Myctophum, and for a time in
Nannobrachium.
Symbolophorus californiensis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889). Bigfin Lanternfish or California Lanternfish.
To about 12.7 cm (5 in) TL (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968). Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) to west
of British Columbia (Peden et al. 1985) to vicinity of Isla Cedros, central Baja California (Fitch and
Lavenberg 1968). Not adequately documented for Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:245) but recently
reported from northern British Columbia off the Queen Charlotte Islands, including one specimen
very close to the Alaska border (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C.W.M.). Numerous larvae have been
taken well south of Isla Cedros, some as far south as between 26° and 25°N (Moser et al. 1993). Surface
to 762 m (2,500 ft; Matarese et al. 1989).
Symbolophorus reversus Gago & Ricord, 2005. Reverse Gland Lanternfish. To 8.9 cm (3.5 in) SL. Eastern
and central Pacific from 28°38'N to 18°06'S. Almost all specimens have been taken at the surface. One
specimen may have been collected from as deep as 1,134 m (3,720 ft). All in Gago and Ricord (2005).
Taaningichthys bathyphilus (Tåning, 1928). Black Lampfish. To 8 cm (3.1 in) SL (Nafpaktitis et al. 1977).
Circumglobal; Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) to Oregon (Matarese et al. 1989) to southern Baja
California (Wisner 1976); South America (Wisner 1976). At depths of 400–1,550 m (1,312–5,085 ft)
(min.: Hulley in Smith and Heemstra 1986; max.: Nafpaktitis et al. 1977).
Taaningichthys minimus (Tåning, 1928). To 6.5 cm (2.6 in) SL (Nafpaktitis et al. 1977). Circumglobal;
near Japan (Ogasawara Islands; Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984); well offshore of Point Conception (30°N),
southern California (Berry and Perkins 1966) to well off Peru (Wisner 1976). At depths of 51–900 m
(167–2,953 ft) (min.: McEachran and Fechhelm 1998; max.: Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984).
Taaningichthys paurolychnus Davy, 1972. Dimlight Lampfish. To 9.5 cm (3.7 in) SL (Wisner 1976).
Circumglobal; near Japan (Ogasawara Islands; Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984); southern California to
southern Baja California (Wisner 1976). At depths of 900–1,896 m (2,953–6,220 ft) (min.: Nafpaktitis
et al. 1977; max.: Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984).
Tarletonbeania crenularis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Blue Lanternfish or Southern Blue Lanternfish. To
12.7 cm (5 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). South of Commander Islands (B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to
C. W. M.) and Aleutian Islands to Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Baja California (28°N;
Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996); probably also in Bering Sea but voucher specimens are lacking
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Larvae have been taken as far south as about 27°N (Moser et al. 1993).
Reported by Bekker (1983) for Japan, but evidently those records are now considered to belong to
T. taylori (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002). Surface to 1,130 m (3,707 ft) (min.: Wisner 1976; max.: LACM
39275.016).
47