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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Maurolicus japonicus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Stomiiformes

Family

Sternoptychidae

Genus

Maurolicus

Species

Maurolicus japonicus

📏 True-scale comparison (1 m = 1 m) against a 1.75 m humanLength 5cm

🔍 Zoomed View — Same scale as a credit card & 2.65cm coin

· Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
· When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
· North Pacific lightfish silhouette: PhyloPic — Christopher Kenaley · CC0 1.0 (Sternoptyx pseudobscura)
· Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0

• Length vs. 1.75 m human: 0.03× Compare with other species →

Actinopteri❔ Diet unknown

North Pacific lightfish

Maurolicus japonicus (North Pacific lightfish · キュウリエソ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

No data

Length · Height

5cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Deep sea from waters south of Japan to around Hawaii (depths of 50–400 m)

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its maximum length of 5 cm is about twice the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (26.5 mm) (Comparison).
💡 Its maximum length of 5 cm is less than 1/4 of the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#앨퉁이#Maurolicus japonicus

📖 1. Overview

The North Pacific lightfish is a small deep-sea fish living from Toyama Bay and the Pacific coast of Honshu, Japan, to the Ryukyu Islands, the Ogasawara Islands, and around Hawaii.