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Summary for Ceratoscopelus maderensis Larvae
Madeira lantern fish

Ceratoscopelus  maderensis  (Lowe, 1839)
Family:	Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Order:	Myctophiformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Madeira lantern fish
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: France to Mauritania, including the Mediterranean. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Western Atlantic: Slope Water and Gulf Streams regions from 50°N to 30°N. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Adult biology:	High-oceanic, schooling, found between 650-700 m during the day and between 51-250 m at night with size stratification with depth (Ref. 4479). Depth range from 460-1082 m1 in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Juveniles are nyctoepipelagic at the surface. Feeds on copepods and adult or larval forms of other planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 4775).
Diagnosis:	Elongated body; the anus opens posterior to the mid-length of the body. There are 3-4 melanophores on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the caudal peduncle. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	deep-water; 20°NC
Main Ref:	Barnabé, G. and F. René. 1973. (Ref. 219)
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	Checked: Giovanardi, Otello	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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