Scientific Name	Electrona risso   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cocco, 1829)	Depth	90 - 820M
Chinese	高體電燈魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	燈籠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F200　Myctophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	高體電燈魚
Max Length	8.2 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	燈籠魚、七星魚、光魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea
Synonyms	Electrona risso salubris, Electrona rissoi, Myctophum risso, Myctophum risso salubris, Myctophum rissoi, Scopelus risso, Scopelus rissoi
Reference	A review of lanternfishes( Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and Tungsha Islands with notes on seventeen new records(Wang and Chen, 2001)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Cocco, A. 1829 Kubota T. etc. 1972 Wang, J. T.-M. etc. 2001 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0066296. ASIZP0801562. ASIZP0911562.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Chubby fleshlightfish; Lanternfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D. 13-15; A19(18); P. 15 (14-16); AO 11;G.R. 8 + 1 + 17-18, total 26-27 Body short and deep, slightly greater than 1/3 of SL. Mouth oblique, terminal; maxillary expanded posteriorly. Eye very large. Origin of dorsal fin behind base of ventral fin. Origin of anal fin about under middle base of dorsal fin. Pectoral fins extending to almost SAO1. Ventral fins reaching anus. Base of adipose fin in advance of end of base of anal fin. Small Dn and Vn; Op1 opposite posterior end of premaxillary; Op2 about at level of ventral margin of orbit. PLO over PVO1, in front of ventral half of base of pectoral fin. PVO1 on or slightly in advance of a line between PVO2 and PO2; PVO2 in contact with lower end of base of pectoral fin. Five PO, level. VLO about over VO1 and on a line between SAO1 and PVO2. Four VO, level. SAO forminga very obtuse angle; SAO1 over VO4; Pol absent; 11 AO, less than one organ diameter apart form each other, in line except for last three organs which behind end of base of anal fin. Prc nearly on same level and less than one organ diameter apart form each other.
habitats	Oceanic, found between 225-750 m during the day and between 90-375 m (juveniles) and 450-550 m (adults) at night. Epipelagic to mesopelagic. Widespread distribution in all oceans, limited by 10° and 15°C isotherms at 200 m and by a productivity greater th
Distribution	The waters off Tungkand and the Tungsha Islands. Northern and northwestern Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, northwestern Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, and tropical Indian Ocean.
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