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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री बैथीपिलाजिक; गहराई सीमा 0 - 2091 m (Ref. 26165). Deep-water; 40°N - 49°S, 78°W - 99°W
Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands (Ref. 6808) and off Senegal. Western Atlantic: west of 30°W between 36°N and 10°S. Indo-West Pacific: off East Africa, Comoro Islands and west coast of Madagascar; off Japan south of 40°N, southeast Asian seas, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: near Hawaii, and off Acapulco, Mexico. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 4 - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4479)
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 15 - 16; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 14 - 17.
Meso- and benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Pseudoceanic, at 325-750 m by day and nyctoepipelagic at surface to 125 m at night (with maximum abundance at 100 m) (Ref. 4479). Lipid content is 8.7 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 1.7 in total lipids (Ref. 9193). Often appears with sergestid shrimp Sergia spp., marine hatchetfishes Argyropelecus spp. and Polyipnus spp. (Ref 39633).
Specimens reach sexual maturity at a length of 4 cm (Ref. 47377).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | पुनरुत्पत्ति | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | लार्वा
Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4479)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.4 - 14.4, mean 8.6 °C (based on 1147 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00351 - 0.01187), b=2.97 (2.81 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
लौटाव (Ref.
120179): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).