Wisner's lantern fish (Myctophum selenops)

Species facts

Scientific name

Myctophum selenops

Family

Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)

Order

Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)

Class

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)

Maximum length

7.5

Common length

7.2

Depth range

40–500 m (131–1640 ft)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 40 - 500 m

Climate

Deep-water

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Mauritania and also in Angola; west of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Northwest Atlantic: Canada. Western Atlantic: USA to Argentina but with lower abundance in the South Sargasso Sea and absent in the minimum region off Brazil. Also known in the equatorial waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.Tropical regions of the Atlantic up to 38?S.

Conservation status (IUCN)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)