Electrona carlsbergi

Short description: Species of fish

Electrona carlsbergi

Temporal range: 11–0 Ma

PreЄ

Late Miocene to Present[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Myctophiformes
Family:  | Myctophidae
Genus:  | Electrona
Species:  |

E. carlsbergi

Binomial name
Electrona carlsbergi

(Tåning, 1932)

Synonyms

* Myctophum carlsbergi Tåning, 1932

Electrona carlsbergi, the Electron subantarctic lanternfish, covers waters to the south of the Antarctic convergence to the Antarctic coast.[2] Their life span is about five years, in which they mature after 2–3 years. They feed mainly on copepods, but also hyperiids and euphausiids.[3]

## Size

This species reaches a length of 11.2 cm (4.4 in).[4]

## 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.[5]

## References

1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
2. ↑ Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 146-178. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa.
3. ↑ Giovanni, T.M, Wing-Keong Ng, Douglas Redford Tocher. "Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in Aquaculture Feeds">"Alternative Marine Resources". Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in Aquaculture Feeds, 2011.
4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Electrona carlsbergi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
5. ↑ "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/.

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