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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Diogenichthys: Taken from Diogenes, cinic philosopher who showed his comptent for the amenities of life by living in a tube, 1802 + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Diogenes (412 or 404 BC–323 BC) was a Greek philosopher who made a virtue of poverty. He reportedly went about in daytime with a lighted lantern, looking for an honest man: thus his name being attached to ichthys (fish), and used for a lantern-fish. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Garman.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino pelagic-oceanic; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2091 m (Ref. 26165). Subtropical
Pacific: California, USA (Ref. 7182) and Mexico to Chile; South China Sea (Ref.74511). Atlantic and Indian oceans (Ref. 26165).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 44036)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 13; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 15 - 17; Vertebre: 29 - 32. Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 31442).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 31442) at 0-100 m at night, 600-650 m during day (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Moser, H.G. and E.H. Ahlstrom, 1996. Myctophidae: lanternfishes. p. 387-475. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 31442)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 4.8 - 11.3, mean 7.1 °C (based on 91 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00468 - 0.01862), b=3.17 (3.00 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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