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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Temperate

Southern blacktip lanternfish

Gymnoscopelus piabilis Whitley, 1931
Max Length
14.6 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.2
Depth
-
Climate
Temperate
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
35.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
-

📖 Overview

Oceanic . Also mesopelagic. Occurs at depths below 100 m at night. Recorded from the stomach contents of Dissostichus eleginoides.

Scientific Name
Gymnoscopelus piabilis
Authority
Whitley, 1931
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Temperate
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
14.6 cm
Trophic Level
3.2
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
35.00/100
Migration
Oceanodromous
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Myctophiformes
Myctophiformes
Family
Myctophidae
Myctophidae
Genus
Gymnoscopelus
Gymnoscopelus
Species
Southern blacktip lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus piabilis

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19. : elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Southern blacktip lanternfish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Southern blacktip lanternfish is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Southern blacktip lanternfish is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous . Temperate; 19°S - 62°S, 70°W - 180°E south of Australia/New Zealand), but with northern extensions in eastern boundary currents; absent in the sub-Antarctic region of the Pacific.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
Migration
Oceanodromous
Trophic Level
3.2±0.5

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00427 × L3.16 (TL)
Max TL
14.6cm
Dorsal Rays
19
Anal Rays
18

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2018

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
35.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.2
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Whitley, 1931

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