Trophic ecology of the deep-sea fish Malacosteus niger (Pisces:Stomiidae):An enigmatic feeding ecology to facilitate a unique visual system?

A two-part theory is presented to explain why M. niger radically diverges from its clade and preys on food it does not appear morphologically suited to eat:(1) the combination of long-wave bioluminescence and vision systems suggests that M. niger may search small volumes for food, and thus may sustain itself energetically by snacking on small parcels of food (copepods) in between rare encounters with large prey, and (2) M. niger may gain the raw material for its long-wave visual sensitivity, and thus its feeding mode, from the consumption of copepods.

This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published at http://www.elsevier.com/dsr and may be cited as Sutton, Tracey T. (2005) Trophic ecology of the deep‐sea fish Malacosteus niger (Pisces:Stomiidae): An enigmatic feeding ecology to facilitate a unique visual system? Deep-Sea Research I 52:2065–2076 doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.06.011

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1606.

Marine zooplankton.

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2005

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2005

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10.1016/j.dsr.2005.06.011

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2005

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Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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Sutton, Tracey T.

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This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published at http://www.elsevier.com/dsr and may be cited as Sutton, Tracey T. (2005) Trophic ecology of the deep‐sea fish Malacosteus niger (Pisces:Stomiidae): An enigmatic feeding ecology to facilitate a unique visual system? Deep-Sea Research I 52:2065–2076 doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.06.011