Meso- and benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Pseudoceanic, at 325-750 m by day and nyctoepipelagic at surface to 125 m at night (with maximum abundance at 100 m) (Ref. 4479). Lipid content is 8.7 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 1.7 in total lipids (Ref. 9193). Often appears with sergestid shrimp Sergia spp., marine hatchetfishes Argyropelecus spp. and Polyipnus spp. (Ref 39633).Specimens reach sexual maturity at a length of 4 cm (Ref. 47377).

Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands (Ref. 6808) and off Senegal. Western Atlantic: west of 30°W between 36°N and 10°S. Indo-West Pacific: off East Africa, Comoro Islands and west coast of Madagascar; off Japan south of 40°N, southeast Asian seas, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: near Hawaii, and off Acapulco, Mexico. South China Sea (Ref.74511).

Western Atlantic: west of 30°W between 41.8°N and 10°S.

Comores, Gulf of Mexico, Madagascar, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North West Atlantic

Circumgloba in tropical and subtropical seas, including Hawaiian Islands, but except eastern Atlantic.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 14 - 17

Maximum size: 60 mm SL

6.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4479))

Pseudoceanic. Found between 325-750 m during the day, nyctoepipelagic at surface to 125 m with maximum abundance at 100 m. Sexually mature from about 40 mm. Lipid content is 8.7 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 1.7 in total lipids (Ref. 9193).

Type for Diaphus garmani
Catalog Number: USNM 93161
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1908
Locality: Escarceo Lt., N. 39 degrees West, 2.20 miles; China Sea, Vicinity Southern Luzon, Mindoro, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines, Pacific
Depth (m): 316 to 316
Vessel: Albatross

bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2091 m (Ref. 26165)

nektonic

Pseudoceanic, at 325-750 m by day and nyctoepipelagic at surface to 125 m at night (with maximum abundance at 100 m).

Depth range based on 76 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 37 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 3050
  Temperature range (°C): 1.823 - 27.716
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.217 - 32.192
  Salinity (PPS): 34.331 - 37.199
  Oxygen (ml/l): 0.341 - 5.323
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.038 - 2.506
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.885 - 141.240

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 3050

Temperature range (°C): 1.823 - 27.716

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.217 - 32.192

Salinity (PPS): 34.331 - 37.199

Oxygen (ml/l): 0.341 - 5.323

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.038 - 2.506

Silicate (umol/l): 0.885 - 141.240
 
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Depth: 0 - 2091m.
Recorded at 2091 meters.

Habitat: bathypelagic. Pseudoceanic. Found between 325-750 m during the day, nyctoepipelagic at surface to 125 m with maximum abundance at 100 m. Sexually mature from about 40 mm. Lipid content is 8.7 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 1.7 in total lipids (Ref. 9193).

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 11
Species With Barcodes: 1

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