What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Warming’s lanternfish been recorded?

Ceratoscopelus warmingii occurrence evidence comes from 2,140 records in 57 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2023. Most records come from Bermuda.

Warming’s lanternfish
Warming’s lanternfish — Photo (display-sized rendition): Dr Tony Ayling · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MyctophiformesMyctophidaeCeratoscopelus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,140 records across 57 countries and territories, 1902–2023.

Ceratoscopelus warmingii · GBIF taxon key 2406033

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19022023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Warming’s lanternfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Warming’s lanternfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Bermuda 520
United States 440
ZZ 140
Indonesia 72
Australia 63
Philippines 47
French Polynesia 31
Kiribati 26
New Caledonia 21
Mexico 16
Japan 15
United States Minor Outlying Islands 15
Bahamas 14
Chile 10
Nicaragua 9
South Africa 9
Spain 8
Honduras 8
Vietnam 7
Cuba 6
Madagascar 6
Mauritius 6
New Zealand 5
Saint Helena 5
Costa Rica 4
Norfolk Island 4
Portugal 4
Brazil 3
Peru 3
Ecuador 2
Marshall Islands 2
Northern Mariana Islands 2
Taiwan 2
Angola 1
Cocos Islands 1
Congo 1
Cook Islands 1
Dominican Republic 1
Micronesia 1
Guatemala 1

Showing the top 40 of 57 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.