Bigeye lanternfish (Protomyctophum thompsoni) fish species and information / pictures of Bigeye lanternfish - Protomyctophum thompsoni

Bigeye lanternfish (Protomyctophum thompsoni) fish species information

Scientific Name
Protomyctophum thompsoni

Common Name
Bigeye lanternfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 25; Vertebrae: 37 - 39. Adipose fin moderate (Ref. 6885). Metallic blue dorsally, bright silvery ventrally (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 8-9 (Ref. 31442).

Classification

Classified By

Chapman, 1944

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Lanternfishes (Myctophiformes)

Family

Lanternfishes (Myctophidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559), the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and the Bering Sea eastward to the Gulf of Alaska south to Baja California.

Range

66°N - 38°N

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

1500 m

Zone

bathyalpelagic

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1500 m (Ref. 50550)

Trophic Level

3.3 s.e. 0.53 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

5.2 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (18 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated