''Lepidophanes gaussi'' is a species of

lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...

distributed in the North Atlantic and South Atlantic gyres.

References

Myctophidae Fish described in 1906 {{Myctophiformes-stub