Electric lantern fish
Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Electrona risso is a species of myctophiform ray-finned fish in the family Myctophidae, the lanternfishes. It is known commonly as the electric lantern fish, chubby flashlight fish, and Risso's lantern-fish. It is a widespread species of all the oceans.
The male reaches a maximum length of about 8.2 centimeters. It becomes sexually mature at about 5.9 centimeters.
This species is epipelagic to mesopelagic, living at depths of 90 to 820 meters, swimming at shallower depths during daylight hours. Its main food items are copepods.
Wikipedia contributors, Electrona risso; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:37:16.048310+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)
- Name authority
- (Cocco, 1829)
- Common name
- Electric lantern fish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Myctophiformes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Electrona
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderMyctophiformes
- familyMyctophidae Gill, 1893
- subfamilyMyctophinae Gill, 1893
- genusElectrona Goode & Bean, 1896
- speciesElectrona risso (Cocco, 1829)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Electrona. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrona subaspera (Günther, 1864) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Electrona risso salubris Whitley, 1933 Whitley, 1933 | synonym |
| Myctophum risso salubris (Whitley, 1933) (Whitley, 1933) | synonym |
| Myctophum risso (Cocco, 1829) (Cocco, 1829) | synonym |
| Myctophum rissoi (Cocco, 1849) (Cocco, 1849) | synonym |
| Electrona rissoi (Cocco, 1829) (Cocco, 1829) | synonym |
| Scopelus risso Cocco, 1829 Cocco, 1829 | synonym |
| Scopelus rissoi (Cocco, 1829) (Cocco, 1829) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126600 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6F39V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.