Hygophum benoiti, Benoit's lanternfish

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Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838)

Benoit's lanternfish
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 51 - 700 m (Ref. 4479). Deep-water; 48°N - 16°N

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to the Mauritanian upwelling region including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Canada to USA. Distribution may be related to the oceanographic boundaries of the North Atlantic gyral system.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 128245)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

High-oceanic, found below 700 m during the day and above 600 m at night (maximum abundance between 51-100 m and 301-350 m at night) (Ref. 4479). Juveniles and post-larvae are partial and non-migrants (Ref. 4479).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Paxton, John | Colaboradores

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 July 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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