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Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Benthosema: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, sema, sematos = signal, flag (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilbert & Cramer.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 26165). Deep-water; 33°N - 42°S, 19°E - 139°W
Indian Ocean: 18°N-20°S, to 42°S in the Agulhas Current. Pacific Ocean: 21°N-10°S.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?, range 4 - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9835)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 14; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 18 - 20; Vértebra: 31 - 32. Anal organs 10-11; mature males have large 3 to 5 translucent supracaudal gland and smaller infracaudal gland; mature females have small supracaudal gland and much smaller infracaudal patches (Ref. 39633).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Benthopelagic and mesopelagic in slope and oceanic waters, but usually not high-oceanic. Occurs in the upper 200 m at night (Ref. 4066). Epipelagic in nearshore areas at 0-856 m (Ref. 58302). Occasionally seen during dark nights on slopes that are near very deep water. Attracted by light like moths, becoming disoriented and darting frantically in all directions (Ref. 48635).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Paxton, J.R. and P.A. Hulley, 1999. Myctophidae. Lanternfishes. p. 1957-1964. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9835)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: de interés potencial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00871 (0.00383 - 0.01980), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.33 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=5.62; tmax=1). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 291 [71, 933] mg/100g; Iron = 1.67 [0.55, 4.95] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [15, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.517 [0.218, 1.219] g/100g; Selenium = 63.2 [19.8, 210.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.9 [3.2, 118.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.25 [0.60, 2.69] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |