Metallic lantern fish (Myctophum affine)

Scientific name: Myctophum affine L?tken, 1892

Metallic lantern fish (Myctophum affine)

The Metallic lantern fish (Myctophum affine) is a brackish-water fish of the family Myctophidae.

Biology

High-oceanic, nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 275 m and found between 300-600 m during the day. Feeds on plankton. Females reach sexual maturity at 4.2 cm.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Myctophum affine
Family
Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Order
Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.9
Depth range
0–600 m (0–1969 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; bathypelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 600 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to the Angola Current. Western Atlantic: 45?N in the Gulf Stream to tropical waters. Also, recorded off La Plata river mouth. Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean, round the Subtropical Convergence.
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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