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Lanternfish (or
myctophids, from the Gr**** μυκτήρ myktḗr, "nose" and ophis, "serpent") are
small mesopelagic fish of the
large family Myctophidae. One...
- and May.
Subantarctic fur
seals hunt in
shallow waters at night, when
myctophid fish come
close to the surface. They also feed on squid.
Other prey can...
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fishing that
could deplete their main
source of food:
myctophid fish. Over 200,000 tons of
myctophid fish were
commercially exploited by the
beginning of...
- It was
described in 2018 from a
single female. The type-host is the
myctophid fish
Symbolophorus evermanni and the type-locality is off ****an. The ****anese...
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exception of
Peniculus hokutoae that was
found parasitizing a
mesopelagic myctophid,
Symbolophorus evermanni.
There are 11
recognized species:
Peniculus calamus...
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particulate organic matter to the deep. In one
study in the
Equatorial Pacific,
myctophids in the
mesopelagic zone were
estimated to
actively transport 15–28% of...
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include shrimp, crabs,
lobsters or crayfish. They also eat
squid and
myctophid fish.
Rockhopper penguins consume more
krill than they do fish; their...
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unexplored and red
light sensitivity in fish such as
Cyclothone and the deep
myctophid fish
should not be discarded.
Bioluminescent lures are
found in many different...
- the deep
scattering layer of the world's oceans. In the
Southern Ocean,
Myctophids provide an
alternative food
resource to
krill for
predators such as squid...
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filled niches left by the
hesperornithes and
other extinct dinosaurs.
Myctophids first appeared in the Late
Palaeocene or
Early Eocene, and
during the...
