WoRMS taxon details
Metelectrona ventralis (Becker, 1963)
217710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217710)
accepted
Species
Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963) Becker, V. E. (1963). New data on the Lantern fish genera Electrona and Protomyctophum (Pisces, Myctophidae) of the Southern Hemisphere. <em>Voprosy Ikhtiologii.</em> 3 (1): 15-28. [In Russian. English translation by Marion Grey and Edith Roden.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Metelectrona ventralis (Becker, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217710 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963) Becker, V. E. (1963). New data on the Lantern fish genera Electrona and Protomyctophum (Pisces, Myctophidae) of the Southern Hemisphere. <em>Voprosy Ikhtiologii.</em> 3 (1): 15-28. [In Russian. English translation by Marion Grey and Edith Roden.]. [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]
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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metelectrona ventralis)
To FishBase (from synonym Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963)
To FishBase
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metelectrona ventralis)
To FishBase (from synonym Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963)
To FishBase
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Electrona ventralis Becker, 1963)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
