Benthosema pterotum, Skinnycheek lanternfish : fisheries

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Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)

Skinnycheek lanternfish
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> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Benthosema: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, sema, sematos = signal, flag (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Alcock.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bentopelagisk; djupintervall 10 - 300 m (Ref. 4066). Deep-water; 37°N - 33°S, 33°E - 154°E

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Indo-West Pacific: From about 25°S off Mozambique to the Gulf of Oman, east to the Bay of Bengal, Indonesia and western Australia, and north to Japan. Southeast Atlantic: Larvae were present in cruise collections off the eastern coast of South Africa, however, adults have not been reported in this area (Ref. 41388).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 2.8, range 3 - 4.5 cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9835)

Short description Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 13-14; Taggstrålar i analfenan 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 17 - 22

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Benthopelagic and mesopelagic in slope and near continental and island waters (Ref. 9835, 11230). Found in 130-300 m during the day and in 10-200 m at night (Ref. 4066). Feeds in the evening (Ref. 9191). Feeds on mainly on copepods and various crustacean larvae. Lipid content is 4.6 % in fresh body weight (Ref. 8966).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4066)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16 - 28.1, mean 24.5 °C (based on 1123 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00387 - 0.01962), b=3.11 (2.92 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.27 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 0.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=1.81).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 202 [61, 817] mg/100g; Iron = 1.27 [0.37, 4.30] mg/100g; Protein = 16.5 [13.8, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.914 [0.433, 1.953] g/100g; Selenium = 33.2 [9.1, 138.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.5 [5.4, 262.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.967 [0.432, 2.285] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.