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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae Lanternfishes
Subfamily: Myctophinae
Genus: Metelectrona

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3 species (see list below)

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Southeast Pacific
 
Metelectrona ahlstromi
[]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal convergence
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Metelectrona herwigi Hulley, 1981

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Metelectrona herwigi
[Herwig lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal. In the Sou
Max. Length 10.7 cm SL
Metelectrona ventralis (Becker, 1963)

Photo by SFSA
 
Metelectrona ventralis
[Flaccid lanternfish]
3 Species of Family Myctophidae with Genus Metelectrona
(Lanternfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1963 Metelectrona ahlstromi Southeast Pacific
1981 Metelectrona herwigi Herwig lanternfish Circumglobal convergence 5.5 SL
1963 Metelectrona ventralis Flaccid lanternfish Circumglobal. In the Sou 10.7 SL



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