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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
High-oceanic, mesopelagic (Ref. 4479, 75154). Found between 100-700 m at night. Sexually mature from about 8.0 cm (Ref. 4479).
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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)
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Distribution
Circumglobal in the southern hemisphere in the region of the Subtropical Convergence but with extensions into lower latitudes in eastern boundary currents. In the Southern Ocean, known from 45°10'S, 69°12'E (Ref. 5182). East coast of America between 31°S and 44°S (Ref. 47377).
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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)
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New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, South Africa (country)
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145244
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23
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Hulley, P.A. 1986 Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4066)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4066&speccode=10238
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Size
Max. size
10.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377))
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Figueiredo, J.L. de, A.P. dos Santos, N. Yamaguti, R.A. Bernardes and C.L. Del Bianco Rossi-Wongtschowski 2002 Peixes da zona econômica exclusiva da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil: Levantamento com Rede de Meia-Ãgua. São-Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo; Imprensa Oficial do Estado, 242 p. (Ref. 47377)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47377&speccode=205
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 58018)
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Bogutskaya, N.G. 2007 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58018&speccode=6010
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
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Known from seamounts and knolls
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Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145453
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Depth range based on 82 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 59 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3600
Temperature range (°C): 1.792 - 20.714
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.804 - 37.516
Salinity (PPS): 34.093 - 35.598
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.102 - 6.121
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.189 - 2.635
Silicate (umol/l): 0.938 - 125.802
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3600
Temperature range (°C): 1.792 - 20.714
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.804 - 37.516
Salinity (PPS): 34.093 - 35.598
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.102 - 6.121
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.189 - 2.635
Silicate (umol/l): 0.938 - 125.802
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 59 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3600
Temperature range (°C): 1.792 - 20.714
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.804 - 37.516
Salinity (PPS): 34.093 - 35.598
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.102 - 6.121
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.189 - 2.635
Silicate (umol/l): 0.938 - 125.802
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3600
Temperature range (°C): 1.792 - 20.714
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.804 - 37.516
Salinity (PPS): 34.093 - 35.598
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.102 - 6.121
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.189 - 2.635
Silicate (umol/l): 0.938 - 125.802
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Migration
Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Lampichthys procerus
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 16
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 16
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Wikipedia
Lampichthys procerus
Lampichthys procerus, the Blackhead lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found circumglobally in the southern oceans. This fish grows to a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Lampichthys procerus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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