''Metelectrona'' is a genus of
lanternfishes.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
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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
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Metelectrona herwigi
''Metelectrona'' is a genus of lanternfishes.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''Metelectrona ahlstromi'' Robert Lester Wisner, Wisner, 1963
* ''Metelectrona herwigi'' P. Alexander Hulley, Hulley, 1981 (Herwi ...
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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, 1963) (Flaccid lanternfish)
References
Myctophidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Robert Lester Wisner
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