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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335); trachops: From the uneven surface of the lower orbital margin ['trachops' = rough; ''ops' = eye].
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 100 - 686 m (Ref. 7454). Deep-water
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii. A single male paratype was taken about 8 miles west-northwest of Pt. Pinos, Monterey Co., California which may be regarded as stray.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7454)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 14; Rayons mous anaux: 14 - 16; Vertèbres: 34 - 35. Surface of lower orbital margin uneven, caused by the small domed intrusions of pigmented tissue covering the minute, probably luminous, dots anterior to Vn
Meso- and benthopelagic at 95-225 m at night, 425-600 m during day (Ref. 58302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Wisner, R.L., 1974. Descriptions of five new species of myctophid fishes from the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. Occas. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. 110:1-37. (Ref. 7454)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10.1 - 15.2, mean 12.1 °C (based on 11 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00328 - 0.01756), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.16 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).