Diaphus watasei, Watases lanternfish

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Diaphus watasei Jordan & Starks, 1904

Watases lanternfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Starks.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 100 - 2005 m (Ref. 27311). Subtropical

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Indo-West Pacific: east African continental shelf south of about 2°S, west coast of Madagascar and off Japan. Also recorded from Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).

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Maturity: Lm 10.1  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4066)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Pseudoceanic, found over continental shelves and slopes (Ref. 4066). Mesopelagic species (Ref. 75154).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Paxton, John | Collaborators

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.7 - 12.2, mean 7.9 °C (based on 759 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00332 - 0.01733), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=3.7; tm=1.4; K=0.8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 142 [54, 392] mg/100g; Iron = 1.32 [0.59, 3.33] mg/100g; Protein = 16.4 [14.4, 18.5] %; Omega3 = 0.955 [0.488, 1.812] g/100g; Selenium = 60.5 [22.5, 174.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.2 [7.2, 182.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.986 [0.588, 1.591] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.