Cocco's lantern fish explained

Cocco's lantern fish (Lobianchia gemellarii), also called Gemellar's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

It maximum length is .[5] It has 16–18 dorsal soft rays and 13–15 anal soft rays. Males have a supracaudal gland, while females have an infracaudal luminous gland made of two heart-shaped scales,[6] flanked by smaller, triangular luminous scales. It has photophores and a lateral line.[2]

Habitat

Cocco's lantern fish is bathypelagic and oceanodromous, living at depths of in non-polar seas worldwide.[7]

Behaviour

Cocco's lantern fish are oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae.[7]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Italian geologist Carlo Gemellaro (1787-1866).[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lobianchia gemellarii. fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  2. Web site: Ichthyoplankton and Station Data for Surface Tows Taken During the 1987 Eastern Tropical Pacific Dolphin Survey on the Research Vessels David Starr Jordan and McArthur. August 24, 2000. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Google Books.
  3. Web site: The Taxonomy and Distribution of Lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Robert L.. Wisner. August 24, 1976. Department of Defense, Navy Department, Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity. Google Books.
  4. Book: Richards, William J.. Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. August 8, 2005. CRC Press. 9780203500217. Google Books.
  5. Book: McEachran, John. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. August 24, 2010. University of Texas Press. 9780292793231. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Systematics and Distribution of Lanternfishes of the Genera Lobianchia and Diaphus (Myctophidae) in the Indian Ocean. Basil G.. Nafpaktitis. August 24, 1978. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Lobianchia gemellarii, Cocco's lantern fish. www.fishbase.se.
  8. Web site: Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes) . 24 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.

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