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Pearly lanternfish
Myctophum nitidulum (Pearly lanternfish · Pearly lanternfish)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 8.3 cm is about three times the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (26.5 mm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum length of 8.3 cm is about 2/5 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.
📖 1. Overview
The pearly lanternfish is a small lanternfish living in the open ocean of tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It reaches a maximum body length of 8.3 cm, with females maturing from 4.8 cm and males from 3.5 cm.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It stays in deep water during the day and rises to the surface layer at night; its trophic level based on diet studies is 3.4, and its eggs and larvae are drifting plankton.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2015) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15600453/15603840
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 73RZG
- • iucnredlist.org — 15603840
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057808 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057808
- • wikidata.org — Q1039274
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Myctophum nitidulum.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Myctophum-nitidulum.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Emma Kissling · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Myctophum punctatum)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.