''Metelectrona'' is a genus of
lanternfish
Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented ...
es.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Metelectrona ahlstromi
''Metelectrona'' is a genus of lanternfishes.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* '' Metelectrona ahlstromi'' Wisner, 1963
* ''Metelectrona herwigi'' Hulley, 1981 (Herwig's lanternfish)
* '' Metelectrona ventr ...
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Wisner, 1963
* ''
Metelectrona herwigi''
Hulley, 1981 (Herwig's lanternfish)
* ''
Metelectrona ventralis
The flaccid lanternfish (''Metelectrona'' ''ventralis)'' is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish that has a lifespan of up to two years. It has been found in stomachs of ''Champsocephalus gunnari'' and ''Dissostichus eleginoides''.
Distributi ...
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(Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1963) (Flaccid lanternfish)
References
Myctophidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Robert Lester Wisner
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