Metelectrona ventralis, (Bekker, 1963)

M. ventralis (Bekker, 1963) View in CoL

Electrona ventralis Bekker, 1963

Electrona ventralis Bekker, 1963 Drawing from original description.

Flaccid lanternfish references general statements on the distribution of this species:

o Hulley (1981): …originally described from the western South Atlantic … a transitional water species and is found in or near the region of the Subtropical Convergence in the Atlantic … taken by the Walther Herwig between 35°56'S and 50°40'S in the western South Atlantic. A southern limit well to the north of the Antarctic Convergence is evident …

o Fricke et al. (2024): southern circumglobal

EEZ-AR references localities in EEZ-AR:

o Stehmann & Schulze (1996): Walther Herwig 340/71

mere listings for Argentina:

o Cousseau & Rosso (2019)

o Cousseau et al. (2020): ref. to Gon & Heemstra [> Hulley

1990]

o Mabragaña & Cousseau (2021): ref. to Cousseau et al.

(2020)

non-type specimens from international waters:

o Cousseau et al. (2012): INIDEP 514 About INIDEP , 43°05′S 54°39′W GoogleMaps

miscellanea:

o Hulley (1990): “Generally, circumglobal between 36° and

51°S. The most southerly records ( 50°40'S 50°01’W,

47°50.6'S 40°00.8'W) in the south-west Atlantic lie outside the defined boundary limits.”

specimens USNM collection: o 206602 348/71 Hulley ZMH collection: o 109352 348/71 Krefft o 110966 340/71 Hulley o 115510 504/78 Krefft status Evidence-based confirmation of previous records from EEZ-AR.

EEZ-UY references o none specimens ZMH collection:

o 104234 197/66 Krefft o 115682 707/78 Krefft status First record for EEZ-UY.