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Lobianchia

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Lobianchia

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Lobianchia is a genus of lanternfishes. Both known species are found in the Atlantic Ocean, but one (Lobianchia gemellarii) is found all other non-polar oceans. The generic name was derived from Latin lobus ("lobe") and Greek αγχόνη (anchonē, "noose").

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderMyctophiformes
  5. FamilyMyctophidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded8,617

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Specimen records
300
With media
9
Family
Myctophidae
Collections
TCWC, YPM, NMV, AM, NHMUK, SIO
Recorded in
Australia, Spain, Papua New Guinea, United States

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Lobianchia is a genus of lanternfishes. Both known species are found in the Atlantic Ocean, but one (Lobianchia gemellarii) is found all other non-polar oceans. The generic name was derived from Latin lobus ("lobe") and Greek αγχόνη (anchonē, "noose").

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911) (Dofleini's lanternfish) Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838) (Cocco's lanternfish)

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