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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Photonectes: Greek, photos = light + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335); klepadloae: Named for Cynthia Klepadlo (1945-2020), former collection manager of the Marine Vertebrates
Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 660 - 805 m (Ref. 125138). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125138)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 17; Anal soft rays: 19; Vertebrae: 49. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: postorbital organ is shifted forward to below the eye; blue luminous tissue on body arranged in two widely spaced interrupted lines between IV photophores and a streak-like patch on each side above 10th to 12th PV photophores; and a pair of stalked photophore-like structures on distal extremity of mental barbel stem (Ref. 125138).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Prokofiev, A.M. and B.W. Frable, 2021. A new species of Photonectes from the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii with a revised identification fey for the genus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae). Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(3) 2021:720-727. (Ref. 125138)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00117 - 0.00783), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).