Stenobrachius leucopsarus, Northern lampfish

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Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)

Northern lampfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Lampanyctinae
Etymology: Stenobrachius: Greek, stenos = narrow + Latin, bracchium = arm (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Eigenmann & Eigenmann.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 31 - 3400 m (Ref. 50550), usually 31 - 1189 m (Ref. 4925). Deep-water; 66°N - 29°N, 128°E - 113°W

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North Pacific: Japan to Bering Sea and to northern Baja California, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 8 years (Ref. 6885)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 35 - 38. Adipose fin small and slender; pectorals slender and short (Ref. 6885). Gray to dark greenish blue on dorsally, lighter ventrally; black on operculum and fins; golden or claret on photophores (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 9-10 (Ref. 31442).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 31442). Adults move upward in large numbers at night (Ref. 28499). Feed on fishes, copepods and euphausiids (Ref. 11712). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442). Lipid content is 15.6 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 90.9 % in total lipids (Ref. 9197). Minimum depth from Ref. 82347.

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Oviparous (Ref. 31442).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 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): 0.9 - 7.4, mean 3.4 °C (based on 877 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00414 - 0.02201), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24-0.34; tm=4; tmax=8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 67 [20, 203] mg/100g; Iron = 0.523 [0.197, 1.651] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [15.0, 18.7] %; Omega3 = 0.529 [0.179, 1.535] g/100g; Selenium = 16 [5, 48] μg/100g; VitaminA = 77.8 [10.3, 643.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.755 [0.380, 1.665] mg/100g (wet weight);