Bertelsen's lanternfish (Diaphus bertelseni)

Scientific name: Diaphus bertelseni Nafpaktitis, 1966

The Bertelsen's lanternfish (Diaphus bertelseni) is a marine fish of the family Myctophidae.

Biology

High-oceanic, found between 200-300 m during the day and between 60-175 at night. Mesopelagic. Minimum depth from.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Diaphus bertelseni
Family
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Order
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.1
Depth range
0–300 m (0–984 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 300 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: off Portugal to Mauritania; Gabon to Angola. Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA to the Antilles and Venezuela; Brazil to Argentina (with disjunct distribution over the minimum region off Brazil). Elsewhere, from two stations in Northwest Pacific and with reservation from near Hawaii. Southwest Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: occurring in tropical warm waters of both hemispheres.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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