Biology:Northern lampfish
| Northern lampfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Stenobrachius |
| Species: | S. leucopsarus
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenobrachius leucopsarus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
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The northern lampfish (Stenobrachius leucopsarus), also known as smallfin lanternfish,[1] is a small oceanic fish in the family Myctophidae. First described by husband and wife ichthyologists Carl H. and Rosa Smith Eigenmann in 1890,[2] it is named for the numerous small round photophores that line the ventral surface of its head and body.
A blunt-nosed, relatively large-mouthed fish with small teeth and large eyes,[3] it is gray to dark greenish blue on its dorsal surface and paler ventrally, with black on its fins and operculum.[2] Its large scales rub off easily.[3] Adults can reach 13 centimetres (5 in) in length[3] and live as long as 8 years.[2]
Found in the Pacific Ocean from Japan and Baja California to the Bering Sea,[3] it is the most common species of lanternfish in the northwestern Pacific,[4] and one of the most abundant larval fish in the California Current.[5] Like all lanternfish, this is a deep sea species; it spends the day in the ocean's deeper bathypelagic and mesopelagic zones and ascends to or near the ocean's surface during the night.[3][4] It is a cool-water fish.[6]
Like most fish, it is oviparous;[2] It feeds on plankton,[7] and is eaten by numerous predators, including fish such as salmon and tuna[3] and birds such as the red-legged kittiwake.[8]
References
- ↑ "Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890) Northern lampfish". FishBase. 2014. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=2737&GenusName=Stenobrachius&SpeciesName=leucopsarus&StockCode=2933. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Common names of Stenobrachius leucopsarus". FishBase. 2014. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Stenobrachius-leucopsarus.html. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Eschmeyer, William N.; Herald, Olivia Walker; Mammann, Howard; Gnagy, John (1983). A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes: North America. New York, NY, US: Houghton Mifflin. p. 94. ISBN 0-395-26873-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=h_6RNzCo6lAC&pg=PA94.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Beamish, Richard James, ed (1995). Climate Change and Northern Fish Populations. Ottawa, ON, Canada: National Research Council of Canada. p. 170. ISBN 0-660-15780-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=4E9ikcfmT8cC&pg=PA170.
- ↑ Dailey, Murray D., ed (1993). Ecology of the Southern California Bight: A Synthesis and Interpretation. Berkeley, CA, US: University of California Press. p. 477. ISBN 0-520-07578-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=JJobUEvPSwAC&pg=PA477.
- ↑ McClatchie, Sam (2014). Regional Fisheries Oceanography of the California Current System: The CalCOFI program. New York, NY, US: Springer Science and Business Media. p. 172. ISBN 978-94-007-7222-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=oIjEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172.
- ↑ Kruckeberg, Arthur R. (1991). The Natural History of Puget Sound Country. Seattle, WA, US: University of Washington Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-295-97477-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=yqtVmRNdHWwC&pg=PA90.
- ↑ Coulson, John (2011). "The Kittiwake". London, UK: T & AD Poyser. p. 43. https://books.google.com/books?id=pEhLe7-9HXAC&pg=PA43.
Wikidata ☰ Q763418 entry
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