''Electrona risso'' is a species of
myctophiform
The Myctophiformes are an order (biology), order of ray-finned fishes consisting of two family (biology), families of deep-sea Marine (ocean), marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelid ...
ray-finned fish
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The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
in the
family
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Myctophidae, the lanternfishes. It is known commonly as the electric lantern fish, chubby flashlight fish,
[Hulley, P. 2015]
''Electrona risso''.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 February 2016. and Risso's lantern-fish. It is a widespread species of all the oceans.
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''Electrona risso''.
FishBase. 2015.
The male reaches a maximum length of about 8.2 centimeters. It becomes sexually mature at about 5.9 centimeters.
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This species is ]epipelagic
The photic zone, euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone is the uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing phytoplankton to perform photosynthesis. It undergoes a series of physical, chemical, and biological proc ...
to mesopelagic
The mesopelagic zone (Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones. It is defined by light, and begins at ...
, living at depths of 90 to 820 meters, swimming at shallower depths during daylight hours.[ Its main food items are copepods.]
References
Further reading
*Goode GB & Bean TH (1896) "Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures". ''Spec. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus.'' Num..Text: XXXV-and 1-26 + 1–553.
*Cocco, A., (1829) "Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina". ''Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in La Sicilia'' Anno 7, v. 26 (núm. 77): 138–147.
*Hulley, PA, (1990) "Myctophidae" pp. 398–467 in A JC Quero, JC Hureau, C. In JC Quero, JC Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Karrer, A. Post i L. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) ''Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic'' (CLOFETA).
Myctophidae
Fish described in 1829
Taxa named by Anastasio Cocco
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