Threelight dragonfish (Trigonolampa miriceps)

Scientific name: Trigonolampa miriceps Regan & Trewavas, 1930

Threelight dragonfish (Trigonolampa miriceps)

The Threelight dragonfish (Trigonolampa miriceps) is a marine fish of the family Stomiidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19. Body slender, moderately compressed. Serial photophores small, deeply embedded in skin. Minute light organs scattered over skin of body.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Trigonolampa miriceps
Family
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes)
Order
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and Dragonfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
32.0
Depth range
1860 m (6102 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 1860 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: 65?N (between Greenland to Iceland) to about 44?N; two records at 26?N 16?W and 11?N 24?W. Western Atlantic: between 42?N and 37?N. Northwest Atlantic: Canada. Circumglobal in the subtropical convergence south of 35?S.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (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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