🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Rough lanternfish live?

Electrona subaspera has 700 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2020. Most records come from French Southern Territories.

AnimaliaChordataMyctophiformesMyctophidaeElectrona

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
French Southern Territories 361
Australia 63
Antarctica 14
Argentina 11
Falkland Islands 11
South Georgia 11
New Zealand 11
Chile 9
ZZ 7
Saint Helena 4
Uruguay 4
Brazil 1
Heard & McDonald Islands 1
South Africa 1

Related animals

Others in the family Myctophidae.

glacier lantern fish
24,644 records
Antarctic lanternfish
Antarctic lanternfish
13,772 records
Topside lanternfish, Topside lampfish
9,826 records
Warming’s lanternfish
8,651 records
Rhombic lanternfish
7,285 records
Brauer’s lanternfish
6,704 records
Bolin’s lanternfish
3,906 records
Nichol's lanternfish, Nichols's lanternfish
3,182 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.