 While "Electrona risso" can be found throughout the world, widespread in the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic Oceans, and Mediterranean, the other four species are limited to the southern hemisphere, mostly limited to the Southern Ocean.Their dispersion is dependent on the balance between current-mediated larval dispersal and adult active homing behavior.Besides "E. rissoi" is "E. paucirastra" the only species that is found north of the Southern Ocean.