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Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)

Skinnycheek lanternfish
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China country information

Common names: Qī xīng dĭ dēng yú, Qī xīng yú, 七星魚
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref. 44036). Known from Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.(Ref.44036)
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chen, S., 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Opaline lanternfish, 깃비늘치, Iwa-hadaka, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Benthosema: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, sema, sematos = signal, flag (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Alcock.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin benthopélagique; profondeur 10 - 300 m (Ref. 4066).   Deep-water; 37°N - 33°S, 33°E - 154°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: From about 25°S off Mozambique to the Gulf of Oman, east to the Bay of Bengal, Indonesia and western Australia, and north to Japan. Southeast Atlantic: Larvae were present in cruise collections off the eastern coast of South Africa, however, adults have not been reported in this area (Ref. 41388).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 2.8, range 3 - 4.5 cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9835)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 14; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 17 - 22.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Benthopelagic and mesopelagic in slope and near continental and island waters (Ref. 9835, 11230). Found in 130-300 m during the day and in 10-200 m at night (Ref. 4066). Feeds in the evening (Ref. 9191). Feeds on mainly on copepods and various crustacean larvae. Lipid content is 4.6 % in fresh body weight (Ref. 8966).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Paxton, John | Collaborateurs

Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4066)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless




Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
FAO(pêcheries: production; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16 - 28.1, mean 24.5 (based on 1123 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00387 - 0.01962), b=3.11 (2.92 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.27 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=1.81).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   High.