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Blackhead Lanternfish

Lampichthys procerus (Brauer 1904)

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Migration

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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23
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Biology

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High-oceanic, mesopelagic (Ref. 4479, 75154). Found between 100-700 m at night. Sexually mature from about 8.0 cm (Ref. 4479).
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Lampichthys

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Lampichthys procerus, the blackhead lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found circumglobally in the southern oceans. This fish grows to a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

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Lampichthys: Brief Summary

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Lampichthys procerus, the blackhead lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found circumglobally in the southern oceans. This fish grows to a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

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Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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