| Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911) | ||||
| Family: | Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) | ( not available ) | ||
| Order: | Myctophiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Dofleini's lantern fish | |||
| Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean: between 50°N and 40°S including the Mediterranean but with a distributional gap between 8°S and 13°S in the eastern Atlantic, absent in the South Sargasso Sea and minimum region off Brazil. Southern circumglobal (Ref. 7300). Western Atlantic between Santa Catarina and the Subtropical Convergence (Ref. 47377). | |||
| Adult biology: | High-oceanic, found between 300-750 m during the day and between 20-400 m at night (Ref. 4066). Size stratification observed with depth (Ref. 4479). Feeds nocturnally or during vertical migration, mainly on copepods and ostracods (Ref. 4775). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Superior rays of the pectoral fins are elongated. Small round eyes, with no choroid tissue in smaller larvae.. See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | deep-water; 50°N - 40°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Olivar, M.P., H.G. Moser and L.E. Beckley. 1999. (Ref. 41388) | |||
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| Checked by: Giovanardi, Otello |
Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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