Hygophum reinhardtii
No common name
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G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Hygophum
Hygophum reinhardtii
Description
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Characters
Moderately slender and compressed body; relatively small mouth; anal fin base longer than dorsal fin base; snout slightly blunt; jaws extend slightly beyond posterior margin of orbit; maxilla broadly expanded posteriorly; operculum with evenly convex posterior margin; gill rakers 17-20; dorsal fin originates slightly posterior to pelvic fin base with 13-14 rays; pectoral fin extends to about first AOa with 13-15 rays; anal fin originates at posterior end of dorsal fin base with 22-24 rays; Dn, Vn, and Suo present; PVO1, PVO2, and PO in straight line; PLO usually slightly closer to upper end of pectoral fin base than to lateral line; 5 PO; VLO midway between lateral line and pelvic fin base; 4 VO; SAO form obtuse angle with SAO3 behind VO2 and SAO3 slightly posterior to anal fin origin and in contact with lateral line; Poli posterior to last AOa; Pol2 in contact with lateral line; AOa 6-8; AOp 6-9 with 3-4 over anal fin base; 2 Prc separate from AOp series; Prc2 immediately below lateral line; males with supracaudal luminous organ of 4-6 scalelike structures; females with infracaudal luminous organ of 3-4 oval patches
Distribution
New York to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Subtropical waters; daytime depths 475-1100 m, nighttime depths surface-250 m
Biology
Maximum known size 46 mm SL
Maturity reached at about 40-45 mm SL
Oceanic, found below 1,000 m during the day and from the surface to 200 m at night (Ref. 4479). Neustonic to mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442). Lipid content is 3.3 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 10 % in total lipids (Ref. 9197). Reach sexual maturity at 4,6 cm (Ref. 47377).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-07-10. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Nafpaktitis et al. 1977
Hulley 1984b
Hulley 1986b
Gartner et al. 1987
Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly (1989) A multiple regression model for predicting the food consumption of marine fish populations. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 40(3):259-273.
Hulley, P.A. (1986) Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Hulley, P.A. (1990) Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
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.
Wang, J.T.-M. and C.-T. Chen (2001) A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126.
Chen, S. (2002) Fauna Sinica, Osteichthyes. Myctophiformes, Cetomimiformes, Osteoglossiformes. 349p. Fauna Sinica series. Beijing: Science Press.
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