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Diaphus watasei Jordan & Starks, 1904

Watases lanternfish
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Rare in southwestern and common in eastern Taiwan (Ref. 39633). Museum: Tashi, ASIZP 057138 (3, 12.5-13.6 cm SL) (Ref. 48453). Also Ref. 12711.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wang, J.T.-M. and C.-T. Chen, 2001
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Diaphinae
Etymology: Diaphus: Greek, dis, dia = through + Greek, physa, phyo = to beget, to have as offspring (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Jordan & Starks.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 100 - 2005 m (Ref. 27311).   Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: east African continental shelf south of about 2°S, west coast of Madagascar and off Japan. Also recorded from Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 10.1  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4066)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 14 - 15; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 15.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Pseudoceanic, found over continental shelves and slopes (Ref. 4066). Mesopelagic species (Ref. 75154).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Paxton, John | Colaboradores

Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4066)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.7 - 12.2, mean 7.9 (based on 759 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00332 - 0.01733), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tmax=3.7; tm=1.4; K=0.8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100).