Author: (Lütken, 1892)

Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)

Diagnosis: North Atlantic population: dorsal finrays 14 (13); anal finrays 21 (20-22); pectoral finrays 16 (15, rarely 14 or 17). Gillrakers 5 (rarely 4 or 6) + 1 + 14 (13, rarely 15), total 20 (19, rarely 18 or 21). AO 7 (6, rarely 8) + 6 (5-7), total 13 (12-14). South Atlantic population: dorsal finrays 14 (13-15); anal finrays 21 (20-23); pectoral finrays 15-16 (14-17). Gillrakers 5 (6) + 1 + 14-15 (rarely 13 or 16), total 21 (20-22, rarely 19 or 23). AO 7 (6-8) + 6 (5-7), total 13 (12-14). Males with single supra-caudal luminous gland; females with 2 (1-3) infra-caudal glands, but occasional specimens with supra- and infra-caudal glands. Size: to 68 mm.

Habitat: high-oceanic, mesopelagic; Mediterranean: day at 600- 750 m; nyctoepipelagic at surface and down to 235 m. Canaries: day at 400-700 m (maximum abundance at 500-600 m); night at 10-100 m (maximum abundance at 10-25 m), but a few juveniles at 500-600 m. Bermuda: day at 601-800 m (maximum abundance at 651-700 m); night at 50-300 m (maximum abundance at 50 m). Post-larvae and juveniles non-migratory near Bermuda and juveniles near Canaries. Food: no data. Reproduction: caudal glands develop in males at 35-40 mm and in females at 45-50 mm; sexually mature from about 58 mm. Spawning peak in late summerautumn (Mediterranean) and late autumn-winter (Bermuda). Sexually dimorphic growth rates apparent.

Distribution: Atlantic; subtropical pattern (bisubtropical subpattern), with two recognizable populations, between 38° and 20° N and including the eastern and western Mediterranean basins (eastern sector) and between 26° and 40° S (western sector) and between 13° and 40° S (eastern sector). Elsewhere, southern Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Tåning, 1918: 51-57, fig. 17 | Sanzo, 1918: 27-31 | Tåning, 1932: pl. 120 (fig. 2) | Tortonese, 1956: 937-939, fig. 812 | Moser & Ahlström, 1974: 397, fig. 4 C.
Otoliths (sagitta). Kotthaus, 1972a: 12, 26, fig. 58.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Scopeliformes
Suborder Myctophoidei
Family Myctophidae
Genus Hygophum
Species Hygophum hygomii

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)

Synonyms:

Scopelus hygomii Lütken, 1892, K danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., (6) 7: 237, 256-258 part., fig. 15 (38° N., 22° 20' W.). Lectotype: ZMUC no. 41, by subs. design. of Bolin, 1959.
Scopelus macrochir Günther, 1864, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 5: 400-409, part.
Myctophum remiger Goode & Bean, 1896, Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 22: 71, 74-75, pl. 22 (fig. 84) (Western Atlantic). Nine syntypes: USNM no. 43792.
Myctophum hygomi: Waite, 1904: 153-154.
.Myctophum fMyctophum) benoiti hygomi: Brauer, 1906: 187-188, part., fig. 102.
Myctophum remigerum: Gilbert, 1906: 256.
Myctophum (Myctophum) benoiti var. hygomi: Zugmayer, 1911a: 26.
Myctophum hygoni: Tåning, 1918: 51-55, fig. 17-18; 1928: 57 Parr, 1928: 76; 1929a: 12 Tåning, 1932: pl. 120 (fig. 1) Fowler, 1936: 369, fig. 177 Beebe, 1937: 205 Belloc, 1938: 294 Maul, 1946: 24, fig. 8 Lozano Rey, 1947: 452-454, fig. 142 Karlovac, 1953: 22 Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 340 Dieuzeide et al., 1954: 66-67, fig.
Myctophum (Hygophum) hygomi: Bolin, 1939: fig. 3 Tortonese, 1958: 318.
Scopelus hygomi: Soljan, 1948: 199-200, 357, fig.
Hygophum hygomi: Fraser-Brunner, 1949: 1050, fig. Bolin, 1959: 6-7 Bekker, 1965: 69-72, fig. 2-3; 1967a: 92-93; 1967b: 173 Nafpaktitis & Nafpaktitis, 1969: 19-21, fig. 17-19 Backus et al., 1969: 94 Craddock & Mead, 1970: 3 .28 Tortonese, 1970: 213 Bini, 1971: 193-194, 2 fig. (one in colour) Donato et al., 1977: 144, pl. 2.


Common names:

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