Risso's Lanternfish, Electrona risso (Cocco 1829)

Other Names: Risso's Lantern-fish

Illustration of Risso's Lanternfish, Electrona risso - the holotype of Electrona risso salubris Whitely 1933, AMS E.5701. Source: Fig. 11, in Whitley (1941) Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1–50. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A deep-bodied black lanternfish with silvery sides, clear fins, 10–13 (usually 11–12) AO photophores, and the SAO1 photophore posterior to a vertical through the VO3 photophore.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Electrona risso in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3100

Risso's Lanternfish, Electrona risso (Cocco 1829)

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Distribution	Britannia Tablemounts, off New South Wales, to off Hobart, Tasmania, and off Cape Bouvard, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal (except in the north-west Atlantic). Inhabits bathypelagic, mesopelagic and epipelagic waters. Adults occur below 500 m during the day, migrating to 90 m to feed at night.
Features	Dorsal fin 13–15; Anal fin 18–20; Pectoral fin 14–17; Pelvic fin 8; Gill rakers 7–10 (usually 8–9) + 16–22 (usually 19–20). Body depth less than 3 times in standard length (SL); AO photophores 10–13 (usually 11–12); SAO1 photophore posterior to vertical through VO3 photophore; males and females with single supracaudal or infracaudal organs or both, some females with double supracaudal and infracaudal organs.
Species Citation	Scopelus risso Cocco 1829, Giornale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti per la Sicilia (Palermo) 7 26(77): 144. Type locality: Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Risso's Lanternfish, Electrona risso (Cocco 1829)

References

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

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Paxton, J.R. & Hulley, P.A. 1999. Myctophidae. pp. 1957-1965 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.

Robertson, D.. & Clements, K.D. 2015. 89 Family Myctophidae. pp. 613-680 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.

Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 1 (as Electrona risso salubris)

Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1–50 figs 1–32 pls 1–2 (as Electrona risso salubris)

Young, J.W., Lamb, T.D. & Bradford, R.W. 1996. Distribution and community structure of midwater fishes in relation to the subtropical convergence off eastern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology 126(4): 571-584.