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Metelectrona

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Metelectrona is a genus of lanternfishes.

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It sits within the topics Marine fish genera, Myctophidae and Taxa named by Robert Lester Wisner.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderMyctophiformes
  5. FamilyMyctophidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
22
Family
Myctophidae
Collections
SIO, LACM, AM
Recorded in
Peru, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myctophidae
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taxon name
Metelectrona
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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 ventralis (Becker, 1963) (Flaccid lanternfish)

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