Patchwork lampfish (Notoscopelus resplendens)

Species facts

Scientific name

Notoscopelus resplendens

Family

Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)

Order

Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)

Class

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)

Maximum length

9.5

Depth range

0–2121 m (0–6959 ft)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 2121 m

Climate

Deep-water

Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: about 35?N (east of 40?W) and 47?N (west of 40?W) to the southern Subtropical Convergence at 40?S, but with discontinuity in the region of the cyclonic gyre 2?S - 11?S, in the eastern Atlantic and in the minimum region off Brazil (5?-9?S to 21?S). Indian Ocean: between 24? and 30?S. Western Pacific: northwest Pacific to off Australia and New Zealand (absent from western tropical Pacific and southeast Asian seas, ). Eastern Pacific: south of 55?N to 34?S, west of 80?W but to 20?S in Peruvian Transitional Zone. Southern Ocean: at 60?58'S, 48?05'W. 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.)