Garman's lanternfish (Diaphus garmani)

Scientific name: Diaphus garmani Gilbert, 1906

Garman's lanternfish (Diaphus garmani)

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

Biology

Meso- and benthopelagic. Pseudoceanic, at 325-750 m by day and nyctoepipelagic at surface to 125 m at night (with maximum abundance at 100 m). Lipid content is 8.7 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 1.7 in total lipids. Often appears with sergestid shrimp Sergia spp., marine hatchetfishes Argyropelecus spp. and Polyipnus spp. (Ref 39633).Specimens reach sexual maturity at a length of 4 cm.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Diaphus garmani
Family
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Order
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.0
Depth range
0–2091 m (0–6860 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 2091 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands and off Senegal. Western Atlantic: west of 30?W between 36?N and 10?S. Indo-West Pacific: off East Africa, Comoro Islands and west coast of Madagascar; off Japan south of 40?N, southeast Asian seas, Australia and New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: near Hawaii, and off Acapulco, Mexico. South China Sea.
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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