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Myctophum punctatum (spotted laternfish; Lanternfish; Spotted lanterfish; Spotted lantern fish; Spotted lanternfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Myctophum punctatum is a species of mesopelagic fish in the family Myctophidae. Its common name is spotted lanternfish, sometimes spelled spotted lanterfish. It is found in the Northern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean at depths down to 1000m. It is one of the dominant species in midwater assemblages near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Myctophum punctatum can grow to 11 cm (4.3 in) SL. It performs diurnal migrations to the surface at dusk. It feeds mostly on copepods and euphausiids. Larvae of Myctophum punctatum have stalked eyes.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Prey / Diet

Centropages typicus[2]

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bolbosoma vasculosum[5]
Hysterothylacium fabri[5]
Lecithaster confusus[5]
Nematobothrium scombri[2]
Scolex pleuronectis[5]

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.
♦ 3Feeding ecology of the deep-sea lanternshark Etmopterus pusillus (Elasmobranchii: Etmopteridae) in the northeast Atlantic, JOSÉ C. XAVIER, CÁTIA VIEIRA, CARLOS ASSIS, YVES CHEREL, SIMEON HILL, ESMERALDA COSTA, TERESA C. BORGES and RUI COELHO, Scientia Marina 76(2) June 2012, 301-310, Barcelona (Spain)
♦ 4CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 5Gibson, 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