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Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892)

158902  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158902)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Spolia Atlantica. Scopelini Musei zoologici Universitatis Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Med et tillaeg om en anden pelagisk fiskeslaegt. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6).</em> v. 7 (no. 6): 221-297, Pls. 1-3. [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158902 on 2024-10-31
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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original description (of Scopelus affinis Lütken, 1892) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Spolia Atlantica. Scopelini Musei zoologici Universitatis Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Med et tillaeg om en anden pelagisk fiskeslaegt. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6).</em> v. 7 (no. 6): 221-297, Pls. 1-3. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1933). Preliminary account of deep sea dives in the bathysphere with especial reference to one of 2200 feet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 19(1): 178-188 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on plankton  [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat High-oceanic, nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 275 m and found between 300-600 m during the day.  [details]
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English metallic lanternfish  [details]