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Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838)

White-spotted lantern fish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hulley, P.A., 1984
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).

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

marino batipelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 40 - 2173 m (Ref. 104125).   Deep-water; 62°N - 20°N (Ref. 4479)

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Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Mauritania including the Mediterranean and Iceland (Ref. 12462). Western Atlantic: north of the Gulf Stream. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Also reported from the Indian and the Pacific Oceans (Ref. 26165).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 5.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.4 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 128245)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

High-oceanic, found between 325-750 m during daytime (Ref. 4479). At night, a two layer system occurs, with adults found at 300-600 m and juveniles at 40-200 m (Ref. 4479).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Paxton, John | Colaboradores

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. (Ref. 4479)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.2 - 14.2, mean 10.8 (based on 401 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00486 - 0.01967), b=3.15 (2.98 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).