Spotted lanternfish
| Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||
| Family: | Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) |
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| Order: | Myctophiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Spotted lanternfish | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: Mauritanian Upwelling Region (15°N-20°N) with isolates as far as 30°N; includes the Mediterranean Sea. Western Atlantic: Greenland to USA. | |||
| Adult biology: | High-oceanic, mesopelagic (Ref. 4479). Nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 125 m and found between 225-750 m during the day (Ref. 4479). Feeds on copepods, euphausiids, zoea stages of Brachyura and fish fry (Ref. 4775). Sexually mature when 5 cm long. Female produces 8-900 eggs (Ref. 35388). | |||
| Diagnosis: | At 4.8 mm, there are 4 ventral postanal chromatophores and 1 dorsal opposite the last ventral one. Preanal series of spots from anus to head and on the upper and lower jaws. The middle branchiostegal photophore appears. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | deep-water; 69°N - 15°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Arbault, S. and N. Boutin. 1968. (Ref. 64) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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