Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21. Anal organs 12; mature males with large, single, black-edged supracaudal gland, about 3/4 or more of the supracaudal space; mature females with 2 infracaudal glands; has a larger supracaudal gland than any other species of the genus (Ref. 39633).

Common Names

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Firefly lanternfish , English , Australia

Lantern fish , English , Australia

Lantern fish , English , UK

Tsumari-donguri-hadaka , Japanese , Japan

近壮灯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

近壯燈魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Linternilla , Spanish , Nicaragua

Pez linterna , Spanish , Peru

Pez linterna cabezo , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Myctophiformes

Family: Myctophidae

Genus: Hygophum

Species: Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965

Climate Zone

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oceanodromous

Location

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Biology

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Oceanic and mesopelagic. Nyctoepipelagic at the surface (Ref. 4066). Neustonic at 0-150 m at night, 500-700 m during day (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442).

Habitat

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bathypelagic