 The species participates in diel vertical migration.During the day it occurs between , in the ocean's mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, rising during the night to feed in the epipelagic zone between , most commonly in the depth range.The diet is mostly zooplankton, but in the North Pacific Gyre, Warming's lantern fish was found to feed at night on floating mats of "Rhizosolenio" (diatoms).