Lampanyctus nobilis
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Lampanyctus
Lampanyctus nobilis
Description
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Characters
Slender and compressed body; large mouth; dorsal and anal fin bases of about equal length; snout acute; jaws extend about twice eye diameter beyond posterior orbital margin; maxilla slightly expanded posteriorly; posterior margin of operculum tapers to acute angle above PLO; 13 to 15 gill rakers; dorsal fin originates posterior to pelvic fin base with 14 to 16 rays; pectoral fin extends to third or fourth AOa with 13 to 15 rays; anal fin originates under posterior one-third of dorsal fin base with 18 or 19 rays; Vn small; PVO above and in front of VO; 5 PO with PO4 slightly elevated and behind PO3; VLO closer to lateral line than to pelvic fin base; 4 VO; SAO form slight angle with SAO3 over or slightly anterior to anal fin origin and at level of lateral line; 2 Pol in straight line with last AOa and P0I2 in contact with lateral line; 5 to 8 AOa and 8 to 10 AOp; 4 Prc separate from AOp series; supracaudal and infracaudal luminous glands present in both sexes
Distribution
New York to central Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical waters worldwide; daytime depths 475 to 750 m, nighttime depths 40 to 325 m
Biology
Maximum known size 113 mm SL
Maturity reached at about 82 to 84 mm SL
Oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 4066). Found between 475 to over 900 m during the day and between 100-500 m at night (Ref. 4066). Maximum abundance found between 300-500 m at night. Sexually mature from about 11.2 cm (Ref. 4479). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442). Minimum depth from Ref. 4066. Also Ref. 58302.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-07-10. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Nafpaktitis et al. 1977
Uyeno et al. 1983
Hulley 1986b
Gartner et al. 1987
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.
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
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.
Clarke, T.A. (1980) Diets of fourteen species of vertically migrating mesopelagic fishes in Hawaiian waters. Fish. Bull. 78(3):619-640.
Chen, S. (2002) Fauna Sinica, Osteichthyes. Myctophiformes, Cetomimiformes, Osteoglossiformes. 349p. Fauna Sinica series. Beijing: Science Press.
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