{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Lampanyctus australis (Southern lanternfish).gif | image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | taxon = Lampanyctus australis | authority = Tåning, 1932 }} The '''southern lanternfish''', ''Lampanyctus australis'', is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere between 33° S and 44° S, mainly at below 500 m. Its length is about 13 cm. It is an oceanic mesopelagic species, eaten by hakes, kingklip and Cape horse mackerel.
==References== * {{FishBase | genus = Lampanyctus | species = australis | month = May | year = 2006}}
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Category:Lampanyctus Category:Fish described in 1932 {{Myctophiformes-stub}}