Myctophidae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 312

Family Myctophidae

Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810 —Spotted lanternfish

1 specimen of 9 cm TL was caught at a depth of 749 m. Habitat and Distribution: high-oceanic, mesopelagic at depth range 0–1,000 m; nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 125 m and between 225–1,000 m during the day. North Atlantic Ocean, from 69ºN to 15ºN and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).

Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) —Glacier lanternfish

3 specimens were caught at depths between 790 and 796 m. Habitat and Distribution: pelagic-oceanic, nonmigratory, at depth range 0–1,407 m, usually 300– 400 m. North Atlantic Ocean, between 81°N – 11°N and 76°W – 29°E. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Greenland to Guinea and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).

Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839) —No common name

1 specimen of 8 cm TL was caught at 1,079 m depth. Habitat and Distribution: mesopelagic and high-oceanic species, between 12–1,500 m depth, 650–700 m during the day and between 51–250 m at night. Temperatesubtropical Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from about 57° N to the Mauritanian upwelling area. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).

Electrona rissoi (Cocco, 1829) —Electric lanternfish ( Fig. 15 )

2 specimens of 6 and 7 cm TL were caught at a depth of 762 and 782 m respectively. Biometry and meristic: 62 mm TL, 57 mm SL; HL: 36.8; PO: 7.0; POL: 15.8; ED: 14.0; IOW: 5.3; PD: 50.9; LD: 15.8; PA: 63.2; LA: 26.3, LP: 24.6; LV: 15.8; H: 29.8; D: 13; A: 19; P: 16; V: 9; Gr: 9+19. Photophores: PVO: 2; PLO: 1; PO: 5; VLO: 1; SAO: 3;VO: 4; AO: 11. Habitat and Distribution: high-oceanic and mesopelagic. Disjunct, circumtropical, in warm latitudes of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LV (FishBase).

Lampadena speculigera Goode & Bean, 1896 —Mirror lanternfish

1 specimen of 10 cm TL was caught at depths between 755 and 759 m. Habitat and Distribution: oceanic and mesopelagic, depth range 0–1,000 m, between 475–950 m during the day and between 60–750 m at night. North Atlantic Ocean and southern circumglobal, between 66°N – 48°S. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase).

Notoscopelus kroeyeri (Malm, 1861) —Lancet fish

3 specimens between 12 and 14 cm TL were caught at depths between 749 and 766 m. Habitat and Distribution: epi- to bathypelagic and high-oceanic, from 325 to deeper than 1,000 m during the day and at surface and down to 125 m during the night. North Atlantic Ocean, between the Arctic Circle and 37°N in the east and between 60°N and 40°N in the west. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Electrona rissoi.