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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Lampanyctinae
Etymology: Lampanyctus: Greek, lampas, -ados = torch + Greek, nykte = night (Ref. 45335).
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Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 80 - 100 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 37°N - 30°S
Eastern Pacific: 37°N-30°S. Indian Ocean: 0°-14°S (Ref. 4066). Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6993).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4066)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 14; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 16 - 19; Vertèbres: 34 - 36.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
High-oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 4066) at 80-300 m at night, 675-1000 m during day (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442). Depth range in Psubarctic Pacific gyres around 100-500 m (Ref. 51600).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Paxton, J.R., R.J. Lavenberg and C. Sommer, 1995. Myctophidae. Linternillas. p. 1315-1321. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9325)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 15.7 - 26.5, mean 23.3 °C (based on 86 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00219 - 0.01045), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.1 ±0.19 se; based on food items.
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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