Author: Collett, 1905
Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905 (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: dorsal finrays 14 (13-15); anal finrays 13-14 (12); pecto finrays 15-17. Gillrakers 7 (6) + 1 + 12-14, total 20-22. AO 7 (6-8) + 2 (1-3), total 9 (8-11). Size: to 80 mm.
Habitat: high-oceanic, mesopelagic: day 600-800 m; night 40-175 (maximum abundance at 75-100 m). Food: no data. Reproduction: sexually mature from about 58 mm.
Distribution: Atlantic subtropical pattern (bisubtropical subpattern), between 41°-26° N (eastern sector) and 26°-31° S (western sector) and 13°-33° S (eastern sector). Elsewhere, Indian Ocean between 25° and 40° S, and Pacific between 30° and 40° S.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). Nafpaktitis and Paxton, 1968: 25, fig. 10 (7) | Kotthaus, 1972a: 13, 26, fig. 75.