Overview

Comprehensive Description

Biology

Found in or near caves and crevices (Ref. 58302).
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Distribution

Distribution

Comores
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Eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands westward into the Indian Ocean.
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Physical Description

Size

Maximum size: 73.59999847412109 mm SL
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Max. size

7.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 8908))
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Type Information

Paratype for Lachneratus phasmaticus Fraser & Struhsaker
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): V. Springer & et al.
Year Collected: 1982
Locality: Fiji Islands, Ocean Side of Reef, Just South of Usborne Pass, NW Tip of Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji, Fiji Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 40
  • Paratype: Fraser, T. H. & Struhsaker, P. J. 1991. Copeia. 1991 (3): 719.
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Paratype for Lachneratus phasmaticus Fraser & Struhsaker
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1968
Locality: Hawaiian Islands, Haleiwa., Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 95 to 104
Vessel: Townsend Cromwell
  • Paratype: Fraser, T. H. & Struhsaker, P. J. 1991. Copeia. 1991 (3): 719.
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Ecology

Habitat

Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 40 - 99.5

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 40 - 99.5
 
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Depth: 3 - 104m.
From 3 to 104 meters.

Habitat: demersal.
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Environment

benthopelagic; marine; depth range 3 - 104 m (Ref. 8908)
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Trophic Strategy

Benthopelagic or near caves and crevices (Ref. 58302). Exhibits the black gut phenomenon which, in nocturnal predators, serves to conceal bioluminiscent prey in the stomach cavity (Ref. 46685).
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Life History and Behavior

Life Cycle

Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
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Conservation

Threats

Not Evaluated
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