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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Electrona: Greek, elektron = amber (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The Carlsberg Foundation, which owns the famous Danish brewery, financed the ‘Dana’ (q. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 5182); profondeur 1 - 1008 m (Ref. 114491), usually 100 - 350 m (Ref. 4066). Deep-water; 39°S - 69°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 5182)
Circumglobal between the Subtropical Convergence and Antarctic Polar Front.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 8.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 114491); 9.6 cm SL (female); poids max. publié: 12.10 g (Ref. 5182); poids max. publié: 12.10 g; âge max. reporté: 6 années (Ref. 31516)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 15; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 18 - 20.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Oceanic and mesopelagic, found in the upper 100 m south of 50°S, but below 550 m in the region of Subtropical Convergence (Ref. 4066). Migrates from 80 to 140 m to the surface at about 18h00 with ascent rate of 0.5 m per minute; the descent rate is 1.8 m per minute. Forms the main component of the Deep Scattering Layer in the Pacific sector. Feeds on copepods, hyperiids and euphausiids, but also takes ostracods and gastropods. Eaten by squid and to an insignificant degree, by fishes (Channichthyidae, Notolepis sp.) and birds (Procellariidae).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 146-178. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5182)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): -1.3 - 2.4, mean 0.7 °C (based on 31 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00288 - 0.01586), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.2 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.55; tmax=5.5).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 101 [28, 274] mg/100g; Iron = 0.564 [0.211, 1.748] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.2, 17.7] %; Omega3 = 0.312 [0.105, 0.898] g/100g; Selenium = 14.1 [4.4, 45.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 70.5 [8.4, 565.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.808 [0.411, 1.717] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.