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Parvilux ingens Hubbs & Wisner, 1964

Giant lampfish
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Giant lampfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Distributed from south of southern California to Oregon, 42-46°N (Ref. 265).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, D.M. Blood and M.V. Vinter, 1989
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Lampanyctinae
Etymology: Parvilux: Latin, parvus = small + Latin, lux = light (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Hubbs & Wisner.

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

marino; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 500 m (Ref. 51600).   Tropical; 46°N -

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: Oregon to southern California in the USA (Ref. 265). Also in Mexico (Ref. 2941).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. )

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 14-17; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 15 - 18; Vertebre: 35 - 38

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic (Ref. 31442). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Oviparous (Ref. 31442).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Paxton, John | Collaboratori

Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, D.M. Blood and M.V. Vinter, 1989. Laboratory guide to early life history stages of Northeast Pacific fishes. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 80:1-652. (Ref. 265)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.8 - 10.2, mean 8.8 (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00233 - 0.01079), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.29 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).