Myctophidae (Lanternfishes), subfamily: Diaphinae |
6 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2.2 g |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 4000 m, oceanodromous |
Atlantic Ocean: between 50°N and 40°S including the Mediterranean but with a distributional gap between 8°S and 13°S in the eastern Atlantic, absent in the South Sargasso Sea and minimum region off Brazil. Southern circumglobal (Ref. 7300). Western Atlantic between Santa Catarina and the Subtropical Convergence (Ref. 47377). |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-14; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 13-15 |
High-oceanic, found between 300-750 m during the day and between 20-400 m at night (Ref. 4066). Size stratification observed with depth (Ref. 4479). Feeds nocturnally or during vertical migration, mainly on copepods and ostracods (Ref. 4775). |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
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