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Big Eye Lantern Fish

Electrona subaspera (Günther 1864)

Migration

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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Astrid Jarre-Teichmann
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 20 - 22
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Trophic Strategy

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Oceanic and mesopelagic, found between 0-200 m at night (Ref. 4066). Recorded from the stomachs of Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides.
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Biology

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Oceanic and mesopelagic, found between 0-200 m at night (Ref. 4066). Recorded from the stomachs of Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides.
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Electrona subaspera

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Electrona subaspera, also known as the rough lanternfish, is a marine, mesopelagic fish.[2] This species is usually found between 0–200 metres (0–656 ft) at night. It occurs circumglobally between the subtropical convergence and the Antarctic polar front, in the southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

Size

Its maximum length is 12.7 centimetres (5.0 in).[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Electrona subaspera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Electrona subaspera" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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Electrona subaspera: Brief Summary

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Electrona subaspera, also known as the rough lanternfish, is a marine, mesopelagic fish. This species is usually found between 0–200 metres (0–656 ft) at night. It occurs circumglobally between the subtropical convergence and the Antarctic polar front, in the southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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