Woodsia nonsuchae, Bigeye lightfish

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Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe, 1932)

Bigeye lightfish
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Japan country information

Common names: Tsumari-uki-eso
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Has been collected from near the Ogasawara Islands.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tsumari-uki-eso, 农苏离光鱼, Storøjet lysfisk, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes)
Eponymy: Loren P Woods (1914–1979) was Curator, Department of Ichthyology (1941–1978), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, where he worked (1938–1978), broken only by service in WW2 in the US Navy (1943–1946). [...] This is a toponym referring to Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, close to where the holotype was collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Beebe.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 530 - 1335 m (Ref. 35839). Deep-water; 31°N - 33°S, 130°E - 64°W

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Western Pacific: Australia and New Zealand; also Japan (Ref. 559). Eastern Pacific: southern part of the California Current region, well seaward of the continental shelf (Ref. 35839). Western Atlantic: Off Bermuda (Ref. 37473).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 42 - 45. Branchiostegal rays: 17 (Ref. 35839). Anal fin behind end of dorsal fin. Photophores are conspicuous (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic and bathypelagic species. Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35839). Also Ref. 58302.

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Oviparous (Ref. 35839).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 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): 3.3 - 4.6, mean 3.8 °C (based on 212 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00400 - 0.02282), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈