Silvery lightfish (Maurolicus muelleri). Norsk: Laksesild.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Silvery lightfish yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Silvery lightfish
Jan Fekjan (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The silvery lightfish (Maurolicus muelleri), also called Mueller's pearlside, is a tiny, silvery deep-water fish, usually 4–5 cm and at most about 8 cm. It is slim, with a dark back, mirror-bright sides and rows of light organs along the belly. The light helps erase its silhouette against the faint glow from above, hiding it from predators below. By day it stays deep, typically at 150–250 m and sometimes much deeper, and at night it rises towards the surface to feed on zooplankton such as copepods and krill. It occurs in the Atlantic and Pacific and is common in open water along the entire Norwegian coast, with local spawning populations in many deep fjords. It matures before its first birthday. Many kinds of fish prey on it. It has no angling value. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).