Scientific Name	Myctophum aurolaternatum   Pronounce			by: ©South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
Author	Garman, 1899	Depth	0 - 400M
Chinese	金焰燈籠魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	燈籠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F200　Myctophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	金焰燈籠魚
Max Length	11 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	燈籠魚、七星魚、光魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Malpelo-Culpepper Islands, eastern Pacific, 6°21'N, 80°41'W, Albatross station 3382, surface
Synonyms	Myctophum aurolaternatum gracilior
Reference	A review of lanternfishes( Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and Tungsha Islands with notes on seventeen new records(Wang and Chen, 2001)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)  Wang, J. T.-M. etc. 2001 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	FRIP00707. ZMUCP2341368-*.
Common Name	Golden lanternfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. 13-14; A. 23-24; P.14; AO 10-11 + 6-7, total 17; G.R. 4-5 +1 +11-12, total 17. Origin of dorsal fin behind vertical through outer ventral base; origin of anal fin slightly behind vertical throught base of last dorsal ray. Origin of adipose fin in advance of vertical through base of last anal ray. Pectoral fin reaching to level of VO2 or VO3; ventral fni extending almost to origin of anal fin. Posterodorsal margin of operculum serrate. Scales cycloid. Dn and Vn small. Op1 opposite posterior end of maxilla; Op2 above Op1, at level of ventral margin of orbit. PLO midway between lateral line and upper base of pectoral fin or closer to upper pectoral base. 5 PO, evenly spaced and level. PVO1 above PO2 and slightly above level of Op1; PVO2 at lower pectoral base. 4 VO, evenly spaced and level. SAO series straight, with SAO1 directly above VO4, with SAO2 above anus, and with SAO3 above or slightly behind vertical through anal origin and in contact with lateral line. AOa series level; AOp1 above anal base. Pol well in advance of vertical throught adipose origin, above last AOa and in contact with lateral line. 2 Prc, Prc2 higher than Prc1 but still nearer to bases of ventral porcurrent caudal rays than to lateral line; the two organs less than one photophores diameter apart and with Prc2 raised. Male has 6 to 9 triangular, overlapping luminous scales in SUGL, and females with 3 to 7 round, usually contiguous luminous scales in INGL.
habitats	High-oceanic and mesopelagic. Found at depth 250-400m at day, from the surface to 30 m at night.
Distribution	NULL
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