🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Brauer’s lanternfish live?

Gymnoscopelus braueri has 6,704 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1904 to 2022. Most records come from Antarctica.

Brauer’s lanternfish
Brauer’s lanternfish — Dr Tony Ayling / CC BY-SA 1.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataMyctophiformesMyctophidaeGymnoscopelus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 1,526
South Georgia 1,471
Heard & McDonald Islands 1,316
French Southern Territories 477
Australia 69
ZZ 22
Chile 17
Argentina 16
Falkland Islands 16
Peru 5
New Zealand 2
Costa Rica 1
South Africa 1

Related animals

Others in the family Myctophidae.

glacier lantern fish
glacier lantern fish
24,644 records
Antarctic lanternfish
Antarctic lanternfish
13,772 records
Topside lanternfish
9,826 records
Warming’s lanternfish
8,651 records
Rhombic lanternfish
7,285 records
Bolin’s lanternfish
3,906 records
Nichol's lanternfish
Nichol's lanternfish
3,182 records
Carlsberg's lanternfish
2,891 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.