Lampanyctus australis és una espècie de peix de la família dels mictòfids i de l'ordre dels mictofiformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 13,1 cm de longitud total.FishBase Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 146-178. A O. Gon i P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, Sud-àfrica.

Depredadors És depredat per Trachurus capensis, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus (a Austràlia), Macruronus novaezelandiae (Austràlia),Bulman, C.M. i S.J.M. Blaber, 1986. Feeding ecology of Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector) (Teleostei: Merlucciidae) in south-eastern Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 37:621-639. Genypterus capensis i Pterodroma incerta.Klages, N.T.W. i J. Cooper, 1997. Diet of the Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta during breeding at South Atlantic Gough Island. Marine Ornithology 25: 13-16.FishBase

Hàbitat És un peix marí i d'aigües fondes.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a tota la Terra entre 33°S i 44°S.Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer i H.J. Boyer, 1993. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Namibia. FAO, Roma, Itàlia. 250 p.Boltachev, A.R., 1987. Species structure of Myctophidae communities from some Atlantic regions. J. Ichthyol. 27(5):51-59.Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton i G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. A Beasley, O.L. i A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volum 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178.Kashkin, N.I., 1989. Mesopelagic ichthyofauna of the southwestern Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 29(3):116-127.Nion, H., C. Rios i P. Meneses, 2002. Peces del Uruguay: Lista sistemática y nombres comunes. Montevideo, Uruguai, DINARA, Infopesca.Olivar, M.P. i L.E. Beckley, 1997. Larval development of Lampanyctus species (Pisces: Myctophidae) from the SW Indian Ocean, and species groups based on larval characters. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(1):47-65.Pakhomov, E.A., R. Perissinotto i C.D. McQuaid, 1996. Prey composition and daily rations of myctophid fishes in the Southern Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 134:1-14.Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts i P. McMillan, 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series Núm. 19. xiv+279 p.Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen i J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistemática revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.Roberts, C.D., 1991. Fishes of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: a trawl survey and summary of the ichthyofauna. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 25(1):1-19.Young, J.W., T.D. Lamb i R.W. Bradford, 1996. Distribution and community structure of midwater fishes in relation to the subtropical convergence off eastern Tasmania, Australia. Mar. Biol. 126(4):571-584.

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