First record of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, 1863 (Actinopterygii: Myctophiformes: Neoscopelidae) from Irish waters (Porcupine Bank, north-eastern Atlantic)

• Published in: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
• Main Authors: Ordines, Francesc, Fricke, Ronald, González-Blázquez, Florencio, Baldó, Francisco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares; blackchin fish; highest latitude record; extended distribution; Mediterranean Outflow Water; Nordeste; Porcupine Bank; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10882; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/323878; https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02141

The blackchin, Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, 1863 (known also as large-scaled lanternfish), originally discovered at Madeira, is a globally distributed benthopelagic fish species that inhabits depths between 300 and 1100 m in the tropical and subtropical regions. Despite the sampling site of t...