Species Metelectrona ventralis (Becker, 1963)

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• Electrona ventralis Becker, V.E. 1963. New data on the luminous anchovy genera Electrona and Protomyctophum (Pisces, Myctophidae) of the southern hemisphere. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 3 1(26): 15-28 figs 1-5 [in Russian] [26, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 36804, South Atlantic [42°40´S, 39°07´W].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Howe, NSW (37º24´S), south of TAS (47ºS) and off Eucla, WA (129ºE); temperate, southern circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Tasmania: S oceanic
  • Western Australia: S oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General References

McGinnis, R.F. 1982. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XII. Biogeography of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) south of 30°S. American Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series 35: 1-110 figs 1-56

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

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