Taxon data and maps: Electrona antarctica

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
102898
Common Name
Lantern fish
Authority
(Günther, 1878)
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Myctophiformes
Family
Myctophidae
Genus
Electrona

Data and maps

Observation / specimen counts

There are 4264 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1981 to 2006.

4264 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS

2248 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.

Habitat domain - Marine

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MIDOC Fish catch from 1996/97 Voyage 1 WASTE (WOCE Antarctic Southern Transect Expedition) Details 10 data pts
Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999 Details 2,301 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1980/81 V5 FIBEX voyage Details 23 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1982/83 V2 ADBEX I voyage Details 3 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1983/84 V5 ADBEX II voyage Details 2 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1984/85 V5 SIBEX2 voyage Details 53 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1985/86 V1 ADBEX III voyage Details 10 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1986/87 V7 AAMBER voyage Details 12 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 1995/96 V4 BROKE voyage Details 52 data pts
RMT Trawl catch from the 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West voyage - Fish Details 2 data pts

Distribution map

Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.

Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.