WoRMS taxon details
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878)
217697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217697)
accepted
Species
Myctophum antarcticum (Günther, 1878) · unaccepted
Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878 · unaccepted
Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217697 on 2025-12-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [details]
original description (of Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Spolia Atlantica. Scopelini Musei zoologici Universitatis Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Med et tillaeg om en anden pelagisk fiskeslaegt. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6).</em> v. 7 (no. 6): 221-297, Pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892) Lütken, C. F. (1892). Spolia Atlantica. Scopelini Musei zoologici Universitatis Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Med et tillaeg om en anden pelagisk fiskeslaegt. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6).</em> v. 7 (no. 6): 221-297, Pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (82 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Myctophum antarcticum (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Electrona antarctica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum antarcticum (Günther, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892)
To GenBank (13411 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (13411 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Myctophum antarcticum (Günther, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Electrona antarctica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum antarcticum (Günther, 1878))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus colletti Lütken, 1892)
To GenBank (13411 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus antarcticus Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (13411 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
