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Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes)
Eponymy: Loren P Woods (1914–1979) was Curator, Department of Ichthyology (1941–1978), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, where he worked (1938–1978), broken only by service in WW2 in the US Navy (1943–1946). [...] This is a toponym referring to Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, close to where the holotype was collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Beebe.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 530 - 1335 m (Ref. 35839). Deep-water; 31°N - 33°S, 130°E - 64°W
Western Pacific: Australia and New Zealand; also Japan (Ref. 559). Eastern Pacific: southern part of the California Current region, well seaward of the continental shelf (Ref. 35839). Western Atlantic: Off Bermuda (Ref. 37473).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 559)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11 - 12; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 14 - 16; Vertèbres: 42 - 45. Branchiostegal rays: 17 (Ref. 35839). Anal fin behind end of dorsal fin. Photophores are conspicuous (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Mesopelagic and bathypelagic species. Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35839). Also Ref. 58302.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 3.3 - 4.6, mean 3.8 °C (based on 212 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00413 - 0.02314), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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