Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien rifbewoner; diepte 25 - 200 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Greater Antilles and the Cayman Islands.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 7251)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 2 - 4; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 14; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 10. Large head and a very large light-producing organ beneath eye (Ref. 26938). Dark chocolate brown. Luminous organ light yellow, curtain black. Iris dark (Ref. 37108).
Inhabits steep drop-offs (Ref. 7251). Observed only on moonless nights (Ref. 9710). Moves to deep water during the day and ascends to near top of drop-offs at night (Ref. 26938).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel; Aquarium: Commercieel
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.3 - 27.5, mean 26.3 °C (based on 36 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).