Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939)
California flashlightfish
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Protomyctophum crockeri
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Protomyctophum: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophys = serpent (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Charles Templeton Crocker (1885–1948) was a member of a California family that made its money from railways, having invested in the first transcontinental American railroad. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Protomyctophum: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophys = serpent (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Charles Templeton Crocker (1885–1948) was a member of a California family that made its money from railways, having invested in the first transcontinental American railroad. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 100 - 500 m (Ref. 51600). Temperate; 48°N - 46°N
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Northwest Pacific: off Tôhoku in Japan. Northeast Pacific: south of southern California to Washington (Ref. 265). Also widespread in the transition region between the subarctic and central water masses of the North Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 24; Vertebrae: 36 - 38. Branchiostegal rays: 8-9 (Ref. 31442).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous (Ref. 31442).
Main reference
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Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, D.M. Blood and M.V. Vinter, 1989. Laboratory guide to early life history stages of Northeast Pacific fishes. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 80:1-652. (Ref. 265)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 June 2018
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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