Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 191

Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 8.2 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 90-1485 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the British Isles to Namibia, also the Mediterranean (gap across region of cyclonic gyre between the South Equatorial Counter Current and western branch of Benguela Current (05°S- 13°S )).