Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 165 - 800 m (Ref. 4470), usually 300 - 500 m (Ref. 3988). Deep-water; 66°N - 48°S, 180°W - 180°E
Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and East Africa to Japan and the Tasman Sea (Ref. 41740). Also Atlantic and eastern Pacific.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3988)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 14; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 27 - 34; Vertebre: 43 - 45. Dark dorsum, flanks silver; black pigment on outer caudal rays (Ref. 3988). Two rows of photophores on the body (Ref. 37473). Pyloric caeca 7-8; photophores above anal fin 15-17 (Ref. 41740).
Benthopelagic off continental and island slopes and sea-mounts (Ref. 4778). Probably does not exhibit diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4778). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 4778.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Quéro, J.-C., J.C. Njock and M.M. de la Hoz, 1990. Photichthyidae. p. 343-348. 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. 4470)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.1 - 15.3, mean 10.3 °C (based on 683 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00316 (0.00129 - 0.00773), b=3.18 (2.97 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.4 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 22.9 [5.7, 85.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.535 [0.190, 1.353] mg/100g; Protein = 1.99 [0.00, 5.82] %; Omega3 = 0.364 [0.139, 0.990] g/100g; Selenium = 15.4 [3.6, 55.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.6 [4.0, 92.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.394 [0.194, 0.792] mg/100g (wet weight);