The flaccid lanternfish (Metelectrona ventralis) is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish[1] that has a lifespan of up to two years.[2] It has been found in stomachs of Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides.
It is a bathypelagic species, living in waters from deep, and may rise to the surface at at night.
It reaches a length of up to, and has 13 to 15 dorsal soft rays, and 20 to 22 anal soft rays.