Electrona risso (Cocco 1829)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 51

Electrona risso (Cocco 1829) —Risso’s lanternfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Electrona risso by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81).

Distribution. Circumtropical in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 10 July 2012); Med. ( LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .