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Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838)

Benoit's lanternfish
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> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Eponymy: Luigi Benoit (1804–1890) was an Italian naturalist and marine biologist, ornithologist and conchologist who specialised in Sicilian fauna. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina batypelagisk; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 51 - 700 m (Ref. 4479). Deep-water; 48°N - 16°N

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Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to the Mauritanian upwelling region including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Canada to USA. Distribution may be related to the oceanographic boundaries of the North Atlantic gyral system.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 128245)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

High-oceanic, found below 700 m during the day and above 600 m at night (maximum abundance between 51-100 m and 301-350 m at night) (Ref. 4479). Juveniles and post-larvae are partial and non-migrants (Ref. 4479).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Paxton, John | Medarbetare

Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4479)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 July 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.5 - 18.5, mean 14 °C (based on 165 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00400 - 0.01507), b=3.12 (2.95 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 129 [38, 409] mg/100g; Iron = 0.672 [0.243, 2.146] mg/100g; Protein = 16.8 [14.9, 18.6] %; Omega3 = 0.516 [0.169, 1.551] g/100g; Selenium = 9.73 [2.95, 29.68] μg/100g; VitaminA = 116 [15, 964] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.04 [0.51, 2.26] mg/100g (wet weight);