Bluntnose Lanternfish, Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco 1829)

Other Names: Spothead Lantern Fish

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Bluntnose Lanternfish, Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco 1829)

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Distribution	Eastern Australia from the Coral Sea, Queensland, to off ST Helens, Tasmania. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Indo-west-central Pacific. An oceanic, mesopelagic species that undertakes daily vertical migrations from 375-850 m during the day, up to 80 m during the night to feed.
Features	Dorsal fin 14-16 (rarely 14); Anal fin 14-16 (rarely 14 or 16); Pectoral fin 10-11; Gill rakers 7-9 (rarely 7) + 1 + 14-15, total 22-25 (rarely 22). Photophores: AO 6 + 6 (5, rarely 7), total 12 (11, rarely 13).
Size	Attains sexual maturity at a length of 4.8 cm.
Biology	This species is Spawning takes place in the spring and summer (Hulley and Paxton in press). In the Mediterranean, its depth range is from 500 to 1,100 m in the east Ionian Sea (Mytilineou et al. 2005). It reaches sexual maturity at a length of 4.8 cm.
Species Citation	Myctophum metopoclampum Cocco 1829, Giornale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti per la Sicilia (Palermo) 7 26(77): 144. Type locality: Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Bluntnose Lanternfish, Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco 1829)

References

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Cocco, A. 1829. Su di alcuni pesci de'mari di Messina. Giornale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti per la Sicilia (Palermo) 7 26(77): 138-147

Hulley, P.A. 1986. Order Myctophiformes. pp. 282-322 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

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Robertson, D.. & Clements, K.D. 2015. 89 Family Myctophidae. pp. 613-680 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.