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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...
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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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being eaten in
smaller numbers. The size of prey fish
ranged from
small Myctophids with an
average length of 25mm, to
large Patagonian toothfish with an...
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Trawl catch of
myctophids and gl****
shrimp from the
bottom at
greater than 200
meters depth...
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considered a
sister group to
Paleogene and
modern neoscopelids and
myctophids. Dietze,
Kathrin (June 2009). "Morphology and
phylogenetic relationships...
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parasitic to
jellyfish gonadal pouches. They also feed to a
large extent on
myctophids (lantern fish),
which only
occur at the
surface at
night in
water over...
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surface and mid-water species.
Common prey are
mesopelagic fish, such as
myctophids, and
gonatid squid.
Stomach content analyses have also
found cases of...
- copepods, ostracods, decapods, and krill, as well as some fish such as
myctophids and nototheniids.
Pachyptila Pachyptila turtur,
fairy prion Pachyptila...
- to bathypelagic. They
mostly feed on shrimps,
small fishes,
including myctophids, and
other squids.
Predators include whales, sharks, and squids. Barratt...
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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...
