Species Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)

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Species Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)

Risso's Lanternfish, Risso's Lantern-fish

Scopelus risso Cocco, A. 1829. Su di alcuni pesci de'mari di Messina. Giornale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti per la Sicilia (Palermo) 7 26(77): 138-147 [144].
Type data:
Status unknown, Messina, Mediterranean Sea.
Electrona risso salubris Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 [62].
Type data:
Holotype AM E.5701 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1–50 figs 1–32 pls 1–2 [15 fig. 11]), between Gabo Island and Cape Everard, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Paxton, J.R. 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (family Myctophidae). Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science 322: 1-28 [10]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Tuggerah Lake, NSW (33º20´S) to off Hobart, TAS (42º34´S) and off Cape Bouvard, WA (33ºS); temperate, circumglobal (except north-west Atlantic).

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: SE oceanic
- Victoria: SE oceanic
- Western Australia: W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [81]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [38] (270, as E. rissoi)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (451)

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [38] (Risso's Lantern-fish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Risso's Lanternfish)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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