Spawning in the deep: reproductive life history of four mesopelagic fishes of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean

The biomass of mesopelagic fishes is estimated to be on the order of or to exceed that of fishes in the epipelagic. Despite their abundance and importance as an ecological link between surface and deep ocean habitats, there is a dearth of basic life history data for mesopelagic fishes. Reproductive...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Lyndsey S. Lefebvre, Heidi M. Sosik, Joel K. Llopiz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Subjects:	maturity ogive reproduction histology Myctophidae Melamphaidae Sternoptychidae
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1582706/full