Fish of the Lampanyctus genus of the Myctophidae (lanternfishes or myctophids) family of the Myctophiformes order of the Scopelomorpha superorder.
(Pygmy lanternfish. Photo by © Francesco Costa. fishbase.org)
Pygmy lanternfish (Lampanyctus pusillus) was first described in 1890 by the British naturalist James Yate Johnson (1820-1900).
Bathypelagic species. It occurs at the depth of 40-850 meters. The maximum recorded length is 4.3 cm. It feeds on zooplankton.
It is a permanent inhabitant of the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of pygmy lanternfish (Lampanyctus pusillus) in other languages are as follows:
Pesce lanterna minore (Italian), Zwerg-Laternenfisch (German), Aladynka (Polish), Крошечный лампаникт (Kroshechniy lampanikt) (Russian), Gušteran mali, Gušteran krilaš (Serbian, Croatian).