''Electrona carlsbergi'', the Electron subantarctic lanternfish, covers waters to the south of the Antarctic convergence to the Antarctic coast. Their life span is about five years, in which they mature after 2–3 years. They feed mainly on
copepods
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...
, but also
hyperiids and
euphausiids.
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Size
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the
Carlsberg Laboratory,
Copenhagen, the research arm of the
Carlsberg Foundation, which financed the
Dana Expedition that collected the type specimen.
References
Myctophidae
Taxa named by Åge Vedel Tåning
Fish described in 1932
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