Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lampanyctus omostigma Gilbert, 1908

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Myctophiformes

Family
Myctophidae

Genus
Lampanyctus

Species
omostigma

Taxon category: Accepted

J. McCosker: not included in McCosker (2010) this because of its distance offshore.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lampanyctus omostigma", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12918. Accessed 4 November 2026.