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Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) >
Anomalopidae (Lanterneye fishes)
Etymology: Kryptophanaron: Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, phaneros = visible (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Alfred Mitchell (1832–1911) was a wealthy American business man – having married the heiress to the Tiffany fortune! They lived in a house of more than 60 rooms, built to look like a Roman villa, in Jamaica. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Silvester & Fowler.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 25 - 200 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Greater Antilles and the Cayman Islands.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 2 - 4; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 14; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 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).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
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).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
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; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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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). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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