Migration
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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.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 14 - 16
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Trophic Strategy
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Oceanic, found between 375-750 m during the day and nyctoepipelagic at surface down to 125 m (Ref. 4479). Mesopelagic at 0-240 m at night, 315-1500 m during day (Ref. 58302).
Biology
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Oceanic, found between 375-750 m during the day and nyctoepipelagic at surface down to 125 m (Ref. 4479). Mesopelagic at 0-240 m at night, 315-1500 m during day (Ref. 58302). Seem to reach sexual maturity at a length between 5 and 5.5 cm (Ref. 47377).
Comprehensive Description
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Diaphus perspicillatus
This tropical species (Backus et al., 1977) is rare near Bermuda, being represented in the collections by a total of 17 specimens, 19–60 mm. All were caught between February and September. This is a moderate-size lanternfish maturing at 50–54 mm and growing to about 71 mm (Hulley, 1981). The Ocean Acre specimens include ten juveniles 19–37 mm, five subadults 40–58 mm, and two adult males 57–60 mm. Based upon the lack of adult females and juveniles at or near the size of transformation at all seasons, and the lack of specimens of all stages in fall and early winter, D. perspicillatus probably is not a breeding resident of the study area. Nafpaktitis (1968) indicated that the main spawning area is south of the Sargasso Sea.
Four of the five fish caught during the paired seasonal cruises were taken in discrete-depth tows; three at 18–70 m during the night (all seasons combined), and one, a probable contaminant, at 1501–1550 m by day in late spring. Five specimens (36–60 mm) were taken in the upper 50 m at night in August with the Engel trawl. Clarke (1973) gave a depth range of 490–600 m by day and 15–100 m by night for D. perspicillatus (as D. elucens) near Hawaii.
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- Gibbs, Robert H., Jr. and Krueger, William H. 1987. "Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda Ocean Acre." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-187. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.452
Diaphus perspicillatus
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Diaphus perspicillatus, the transparent lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish found worldwide. [1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 10.4 cm (4.1 in).[2]
References
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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.
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^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus perspicillatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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Diaphus perspicillatus: Brief Summary
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Diaphus perspicillatus, the transparent lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish found worldwide.
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Distribution
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off Sable Island Bank to Argentina
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Habitat
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Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found to depths of 750 m.
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Habitat
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nektonic
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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