Hygophum proximum

Hygophum proximum és una espècie de peix de la família dels mictòfids i de l'ordre dels mictofiformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 5 cm de longitud total.FishBase

Reproducció És ovípar amb larves i ous planctònics.Moser, H.G. i E.H. Ahlstrom, 1996. Myctophidae: lanternfishes. p. 387-475. A: H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas Núm. 33. 1505 p.

Depredadors És depredat per Stenella attenuataRobertson, K.M. i S.J. Chivers, 1997. Prey occurrence in pantropical spotted dolphins, Stenella attenuata, from the eastern tropical Pacific. Fish. Bull. 95:334-348. i Stenella longirostris (a les Filipines).FishBase

Hàbitat És un peix marí i d'aigües profundes que viu entre 0-1.000 m de fondària.Yang, J., Z. Huang, S. Chen i Q. Li, 1996. The Deep-Water Pelagic Fishes in the Area form Nansha Islands To the Northeast part of South China Sea Science Publication Company, Beijing. 190 pp.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba al Mar de la Xina MeridionalRandall, J.E. i K.K.P. Lim (editors), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667.Huang, Z., 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404- 463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, Estats Units. 598 p.Chen, S., 2002. Fauna Sinica. Ostichthyes. Myctophiformes, Cetomimiformes, Osteoglossiformes. Science Press, Beijing. 349 p. i a les aigües tropicals i subtropicals de l'Índic i el Pacífic.Chirichigno, N.F., 1974. Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Perú. Inf. Inst. Mar Perú (44):387 p.Clarke, T.A., 1978. Diel feeding patterns of 16 species of mesopelagic fishes from Hawaiian waters. Fish. Bull.76(3):495-513.Gorelova, T.A., 1984. A quantitative assessment of consumption of zooplankton by epipelagic lantern fishes (Family Myctophidae) in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 23(3):106-113.Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton i G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. A Beasley, O.L. i A. Wells (editors) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volum 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178.Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Research Bulletin Núm. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua Nova Guinea. 194 p.Miya, M., M. Yamaguchi i M. Okiyama, 1995. Midwater fishes off the Pacific coast of Boso Peninsula, central Japan: species composition, abundance, biomass, and zoogeographic affinities. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 42(3/4):237-248.Mundy, B.C., 2005. Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.Okiyama, M., 1988. An atlas of the early stage fishes in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tòquio (Japó). 1157 p.Olivar, M.P., H.G. Moser i L.E. Beckley, 1999. Lanternfish larvae from the Agulhas current (SW Indian Ocean). Sci. Mar. 63(2):101-120.Ovcharov, O.P., 1983. Distribution of epipelagic lanternfishes (Myctophidae) in the northwestern Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 23(4):157-160.Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts i P. McMillan, 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series Núm. 19. xiv+279 p.Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen i J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistemática revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.Shinohara, G., M. Yabe K. Nakaya, G. Anma, S. Yamaguchi i K. Amaoka, 1994. Deep-sea fishes collected from the North Pacific by the T/S Oshoro-Maru. Bull. Fac. Fish. Hokkaido Univ. 45 (2):48-80.Tinker, S.W., 1978. Fishes of Hawaii, a handbook of the marine fishes of Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. Hawaiian Service Inc., Honolulu. 568 p.Wang, J.T.-M. i C.-T. Chen, 2001. A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126.Wang, S. (ed.), 1998. China red data book of endangered animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commision. Science Press, Beijing, Xina. 247p.

Referències

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Hulley, P.A., 1984. Myctophidae. p. 429-483. A P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen i E. Tortonese (editors). Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, París, França. Vol. 1. Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. A J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post i L. Saldanha (editors) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisboa; SEI; París; i UNESCO, París. Vol. 1.

Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1-28. Paxton, J.R. i P.A. Hulley, 1999. Myctophidae. Lanternfishes. p. 1957-1964. A K.E. Carpenter i V.H. Niem (editors) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Roma, Itàlia. Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p.

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