039 | Age and growth of the mesopelagic fish Electrona risso (myctophidae) from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean sea): Calogero Fontana1, Alice Vaccaro2, Francesco Longo1, Danilo Malara3, Emanuela Fanelli2|4, Pietro Battaglia1|4 | 1Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy; 2Università Politecnica delle Marche UNIVPM, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Ancona, Italy; 3Northern Territory Government of Australia, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fisheries Division, Berrimah, NT, Australia; 4National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy. J Biol Res [Internet]. 2026 Mar. 31 [cited 2026 Apr. 17];99(s1). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/jbr/article/view/15291