Taaningichthys minimus
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Taaningichthys
Taaningichthys minimus
Description
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Characters
Slender and compressed body; relatively small mouth; dorsal and anal fins of about equal length; snout moderately blunt; jaws extend moderately beyond posterior orbital margin; maxilla slightly expanded posteriorly; posterior margin of operculum tapers to blunt point; gill rakers number 15 to 18; dorsal fin originates posterior to pelvic fin base with 11 to 13 rays; pectoral fin extends beyond pelvic fin base with 15 to 17 rays; anal fin originates posterior to dorsal fin base with 11 to 14 rays; Vn small and poorly defined; specific arrangement of PVO, PLO, PO, VLO, VO, SAO, Pol, AOa, AOp, and Prc; males and females possess large undivided supracaudal and infracaudal luminous glands
Posterior part of iris of eye covered with crescent of whitish tissue
Distribution
New York to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico, though it is uncommon there
Habitat Associations
Subtropical waters; daytime depths range from 600 to 800 m, and nighttime depths range from 51 to 500 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 65 mm SL
Maturity is reached at about 40 mm SL
High-oceanic species found between 1-800 m during the day and between 90-600 m at night (large specimens between 200 and 400 m) (Ref. 4479). Size stratification with depth at night (Ref. 4775). Epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 31442). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and neustonic larvae (Ref. 31442).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-07-11. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by a combination of characters
References
Nafpaktitis et al. 1977
Hulley 1984b
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.
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.
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