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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Myctophum: Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335); ovcharovi: Named in honor of Oleg Petrovich Ovcharov (InBYuM, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences), myctophid specialist who first noted that M. asperum does not migrate to the surface during its diurnal vertical migrations (Ref. 11324).
Eponymy: Oleg Petrovich Ovcharov of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences made particular studies of how fish move through water and their growth patterns. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; distribuzione batimetrica 40 - 90 m (Ref. 11324). Tropical
Indian Ocean. High Seas only.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 11324); peso massimo pubblicato: 6.83 g (Ref. 11324)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12 - 14; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 17 - 18. Dull body coloration (Ref. 11324).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Tsarin, S.A., 1993. Description of a new species in the species group "Myctophum asperum" (Myctophidae) with comments on this group. J. Ichthyol. 33(4):93-98. (Ref. 11324)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.4 - 26.8, mean 25.8 °C (based on 8 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).