Taaningichthys paurolychnus

(No common name)

Overview:

Family: Lanternfishes; High-oceanic, known only from deeper than 900 m. Sexually mature from about 65 mm (Ref. 4479).

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Class: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
        Infraclass: Actinopteri
        Cohort: Clupeocephala
        Order: Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
        Family: Myctophidae - Lanternfishes
        Genus: Taaningichthys Davy, 1972
        Specific name: paurolychnus Davy, 1972
        Scientific name: Taaningichthys paurolychnus Davy, 1972

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name.

Physical Description

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Family Myctophidae:

Distribution: circumglobal. Below the adipose fin is a cartilaginous supporting plate. Some genera with small supramaxilla. Subocular shelf present. Anal fin origin below or slightly behind dorsal fin base. Head and body with groups and rows of small photophores; one species without. Scales cycloid; ctenoid in 4 species. Swim bladder usually present. Vertebrae 28-45. Heavily preyed upon by many marine fishes and mammals. Diurnal migration exhibited by many: most species with peak abundance between 300 and 1200 m by day and between 10 and 100 m at night.

The family Myctophidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Myctophiformes. It contains 32 genera and 235 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Miocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name: Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophis = serpent

Distribution

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Range and Population

East Pacific, Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West Pacific, Western Atlantic Ocean

Eastern Atlantic: Madeira and Cape Verde. Western Atlantic: near Bermuda and Jamaica. Western Indian Ocean: 4°S, 60°E. Western Pacific: off Philippines. Eastern Pacific: between Hawaii and California, USA (37°-20°N), and also east of 115°W between 0° and 17°S.

Habitat

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Biome

Saltwater. Bathypelagic.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Taaningichthys:

There are approximately 4 species and subspecies in this genus: T. bathyphilus · T. minima · T. minimus · T. paurolychnus

Bibliography

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Collette, B.B. and C.R. Aadland 1996 Revision of the frigate tunas (Scombridae, Auxis), with descriptions of two new subspecies from the eastern Pacific. Fish. Bull. 94:423-441.
Hulley, P.A. (1984). Myctophidae. p. 429-483. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
Hulley, P.A. (1990). Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
Nakabo, T. (2002). Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan.
Tinker, S.W. (1978). Fishes of Hawaii, a handbook of the marine fishes of Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. Hawaiian Service Inc., Honolulu. 568 p.

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Notes

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Contributors:

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 10, 2006.
FishBase
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Paxton, John (from FishBase).

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens

Identifiers:

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162744
Fishbase Species ID: 7420
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 119103
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126261

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Last Revised: March 12, 2008