Fish of the Notoscopelus genus of the Myctophidae (lanternfishes or myctophids) family of the Myctophiformes order of the Scopelomorpha superorder.
(Notoscopelus elongatus. Photo by © Francesco Costa. fishbase.org)
Notoscopelus elongatus was first described in 1838 by the Italian zoologist Oronzio Costa (1787-1867).
Pelagic species. It occurs at the depth of 45-1000 meters. The maximum recorded length is 10.6 cm. It feeds on crustaceans.
It is a permanent inhabitant of the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Notoscopelus elongatus in other languages are as follows:
Sombrajo (Spanish), Pesce lanterna sottile (Italian), Mittelmeer-Laternenfisch (German), Низкотелый нотоскопел (Nizkoteliy notoskopel) (Russian), Gušteran repan (Croatian, Serbian).