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Electrona carlsbergi (Tåning, 1932)

Electron subantarctic
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) > Myctophinae
Etymology: Electrona: Greek, elektron = amber (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The Carlsberg Foundation, which owns the famous Danish brewery, financed the ‘Dana’ (q. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 5182); depth range 1 - 1008 m (Ref. 114491), usually 100 - 350 m (Ref. 4066). Deep-water; 39°S - 69°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 5182)

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Circumglobal between the Subtropical Convergence and Antarctic Polar Front.

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Maturity: Lm 8.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114491); 9.6 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 12.10 g (Ref. 5182); max. published weight: 12.10 g; max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 31516)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Oceanic and mesopelagic, found in the upper 100 m south of 50°S, but below 550 m in the region of Subtropical Convergence (Ref. 4066). Migrates from 80 to 140 m to the surface at about 18h00 with ascent rate of 0.5 m per minute; the descent rate is 1.8 m per minute. Forms the main component of the Deep Scattering Layer in the Pacific sector. Feeds on copepods, hyperiids and euphausiids, but also takes ostracods and gastropods. Eaten by squid and to an insignificant degree, by fishes (Channichthyidae, Notolepis sp.) and birds (Procellariidae).

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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. (Ref. 5182)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.3 - 2.4, mean 0.7 °C (based on 31 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00293 - 0.01558), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.55; tmax=5.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 101 [28, 274] mg/100g; Iron = 0.564 [0.211, 1.748] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.2, 17.7] %; Omega3 = 0.312 [0.105, 0.898] g/100g; Selenium = 14.1 [4.4, 45.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 70.5 [8.4, 565.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.808 [0.411, 1.717] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.