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Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)
Silvery lightfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from Messina, Sicily. [...] Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) was a Danish naturalist who was employed by King Frederick V to continue compiling the Flora Danica, and Müller added two volumes to it. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gmelin.
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from Messina, Sicily. [...] Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) was a Danish naturalist who was employed by King Frederick V to continue compiling the Flora Danica, and Müller added two volumes to it. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gmelin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 271 - 1524 m (Ref. 5204), usually 300 - 400 m (Ref. 82363). Deep-water; 72°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E
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Sub-Arctic, and sub-Antarctic waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Atlantic:: from Iceland and Norway to Senegal and from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Namibia. In tropical and subtropical waters.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388); common length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 56527)
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388); common length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 56527)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 24. Silvery with a greenish-blue back (Ref. 4054).
Oceanic, found to depths of at least 1,524 m. Migrate in the water column at depths of 150-250 m during the day and to about 50 m at night (Ref. 57912, 107678). Mesopelagic (Ref. 5951); abundant near continental shelf-slope breaks and seamounts, rare in the open ocean (Ref. 107678). A cyclic selective feeder of copepods and euphausiids (Ref. 4739). They become sexually mature when 1 year old. Spawning takes place in March - September, producing 200-500 eggs, floating on the surface (Ref. 35388). Lipid content is 5.5 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 15.3 % in total lipids (Ref. 8966).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Spawns at least twice in in a lifetime (Ref. 57912).
Main reference
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Wheeler, A., 1992. A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(suppl.A):1-37. (Ref. 5204)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.2 - 13.3, mean 7.1 (based on 301 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00661 (0.00456 - 0.00957), b=3.23 (3.13 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.88; Fec=200-500; tm=1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).