Description
Reference |
IB1078 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Lanternfishes - MYCTOPHIDAE |
Common Name |
Southern Blacktip Lanternfish |
Scientific Name |
Gymnoscopelus piabilis |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
Notes |
Lanternfishes are an important part of the food chain in the open ocean, feeding on a variety of zooplankton in the nutrient rich upper layers of the water. They are preyed on by a wide range of pelagic fishes, as well as mammals such as whales and seals even seabirds and contitute the largest proportion, by biomass, of deepwater pelagic fishes. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |