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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Erik ‘Bertel’ Bertelsen (1912–1993) was a celebrated Danish fisheries biologist and ichthyologist at the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 300 m (Ref. 4479). Deep-water; 40°N - 40°S, 78°W - 157°W
Eastern Atlantic: off Portugal to Mauritania; Gabon to Angola. Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA (Ref. 26340) to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and Venezuela; Brazil to Argentina (with disjunct distribution over the minimum region off Brazil). Elsewhere, from two stations in Northwest Pacific and with reservation from near Hawaii. Southwest Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: occurring in tropical warm waters of both hemispheres (Ref. 47377).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4479)
High-oceanic, found between 200-300 m during the day and between 60-175 at night (Ref. 4479, 58302). Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302, 75154). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 14.5 - 27.5, mean 21.9 °C (based on 859 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00358 - 0.03515), b=2.99 (2.74 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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