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Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)

Silvery lightfish
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Maurolicus muelleri   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Image of Maurolicus muelleri (Silvery lightfish)
Maurolicus muelleri
Picture by Svensen, E.

Common names from other countries

التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gmelin.

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

بحري مياه عميقة; نطاق العمق 271 - 1524 m (Ref. 5204), usually 300 - 400 m (Ref. 82363).   Deep-water; 72°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Sub-Arctic, and sub-Antarctic waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Atlantic:: from Iceland and Norway to Senegal and from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Namibia. In tropical and subtropical waters.

الحجم / وزن / العمر

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 35388); common length : 4.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 56527); العمر: 3.00 سنين (Ref. 56527)

وصف مختصر مفاتيح التعريف | الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي

الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 9 - 11; شوكة شرجية: 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 19 - 24. Silvery with a greenish-blue back (Ref. 4054).

أحياء     المصطلحات (على سبيل المثال epibenthic)

Oceanic, found to depths of at least 1,524 m. Migrate in the water column at depths of 150-250 m during the day and to about 50 m at night (Ref. 57912, 107678). Mesopelagic (Ref. 5951); abundant near continental shelf-slope breaks and seamounts, rare in the open ocean (Ref. 107678). A cyclic selective feeder of copepods and euphausiids (Ref. 4739). They become sexually mature when 1 year old. Spawning takes place in March - September, producing 200-500 eggs, floating on the surface (Ref. 35388). Lipid content is 5.5 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 15.3 % in total lipids (Ref. 8966).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | التكاثر | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

Spawns at least twice in in a lifetime (Ref. 57912).

المرجع الرئيسي Upload your references | مراجع | المنظم | المتعاونين

Wheeler, A., 1992. A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(suppl.A):1-37. (Ref. 5204)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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