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Myctophum affine (Metallic lanternfish; Metallic lantern fish; Lutken's lantern fish; Lanternfish; Lantern fish)

Synonyms: Myctophum opalinum (heterotypic); Rhinoscopelus oceanicus (heterotypic); Scopelus affinis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Myctophum affine, the Metallic lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish native to the Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of 7.9 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Predators

Astronesthes similus[2]
Coelorinchus smithi (False graceful whiptail)[2]
Lestidiops affinis (Barracudina)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hysterothylacium rigidum[3]
Neorhadinorhynchus myctophumi[3]
Reimericotyle ceratoscopeli[3]
Scolex pleuronectis[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0