Antarctic lanternfish

Electrona antarctica

Fusiform Fish from the Nile Basin

Polar
Circumpolar Antarctic
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Africa
Polar regions
West Asia
Fusiform
Small
Cold-water fish

Antarctic lanternfish is a migratory fish of Circumpolar south of Antarctic Polar Front, but not found. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 11.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Electrona
Maximum length: 11.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumpolar south of Antarctic Polar Front, but not found in Ross Sea; adults only in higher latitudes (South Orkneys, South Shetlands, Peter Island) and south of the Weddell-Scotia confluence, but adults and juveniles in the region of South Sandwich I, South Georgia and Bouvet. Reported from off the Cape, South Africa and from 43°17'S, 48°55'E (Ref. 4066 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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