Electrona risso Cocco 1829 (electric lantern fish)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Alternative combinations: Electrona (Electrona) risso, Scopelus risso

Belongs to Electrona according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019

See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch 1969, Fitch 1968, Fitch 1970, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Schwarzhans 2019 and Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013

Sister taxa: Electrona (Elampa), Electrona (Electrona), Electrona (Hierops), Electrona (Protomyctophum), Electrona anfossimosnai, Electrona keyesi, Electrona paucirastra, Electrona rissoi, Electrona subasperoides

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Japan (1), New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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