Lantern fishy
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The lantern fish-like or lantern fish relatives (Myctophiformes) are an order of the bony fish (Osteichthyes). They live worldwide in the deep sea , during the day in the mesopelagial at depths of 300 to 1200 meters. At night they rise to a depth of 10 to 100 meters to eat. There are two families, 35 genera and over 254 species.
features
The fish are 4 to 30 centimeters long. They have a narrow body, often an adipose fin and a large, terminal mouth. Your swim bladder is relatively small. All species have pearl-like luminous organs that are arranged differently depending on the species.
Familys
- Lanternfish (Myctophidae)
- Lantern Wingers (Neoscopelidae)
In addition to the more recent families, the extinct family Sardinioididae was described, which may have to be assigned to the Neoscopelidae as the subfamily Sardinioidinae.
literature
- Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ et al. 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
- H. Geoffrey Moser and William Watson: ORDER MYCTOPHIFORMES: Blackchins and Lanternfishes. PDF ( Memento from December 1, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ AM Prokofiev: Fossil myctophoid fishes (Myctophiformes: Myctophoidei) from Russia and adjacent regions. Journal of Ichthyology, December 2006, Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages S38-S83 doi : 10.1134 / S0032945206100043
Web links
- Lanternfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Stiassny, Melanie LJ 1996. Scopelomorpha. Blackchins and Lanternfishes. Version 01 January 1996. in The Tree of Life Web Project (English)