Electric lantern fish

Electrona risso

Eight Point Four Centimeters Myctophid Fish of Taiwanese Waters

Electric lantern fish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 8.4 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Electrona
Maximum length: 8.4 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Namibia, also the Mediterranean (gap across region of cyclonic gyre between the South Equatorial Countercurrent and western branch of Benguela Current (5°S-13°S). Larvae, however, are not found among the cruise collections in the Agulhas Current Region (Ref. 41388 ). Western Atlantic: off Suriname to Brazil (Ref. 13608 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Indian Ocean: 0°-40°S. Western Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300 ). Eastern Pacific: 42°-25°N, 5°-20°S and west of 80°W. Recorded from off Tungkang in Taiwan and Tungsha Islands in South China Sea (Ref. 39633 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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