Oceanic and mesopelagic, found in the upper 500 m at night.

Western Indian Ocean: 04°-12°S, 40°-65°E. Eastern Indian Ocean: 17°02'S, 94°50'E.

Indian Ocean.

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

Maximum size: 55 mm SL

5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4066))

Paratype for Diaphus antonbruuni Nafpaktitis
Catalog Number: USNM 216997
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1964
Locality: Indian
Depth (m): 504
Vessel: Anton Bruun

bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range ? - 500 m (Ref. 4066)

Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 504 - 692.5
  Temperature range (°C): 8.982 - 8.982
  Nitrate (umol/L): 29.198 - 29.198
  Salinity (PPS): 34.820 - 34.820
  Oxygen (ml/l): 2.531 - 2.531
  Phosphate (umol/l): 2.034 - 2.034
  Silicate (umol/l): 37.114 - 37.114

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 504 - 692.5
 
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.

Depth: 0 - 500m.
Recorded at 500 meters.

Habitat: bathypelagic. Oceanic and mesopelagic, found in the upper 500 m at night.

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.

Not Evaluated