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Myctophum
Rafinesque, 1810
- lantern fish
(fish)
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Entity:
Myctophinae (Subfamily)
..Benthosema (Genus)
..Centrobranchus (Genus)
..Diogenichthys (Genus)
..Electrona (Genus)
..Gonichthys (Genus)
..Hygophum (Genus)
..Protomyctophum (Genus)
..Symbolophorus (Genus)
..Tarletonbeania (Genus)
..Myctophum (Genus) - lantern fish
....Myctophum affine (Species) - metallic lanternfish
....Myctophum asperum (Species) - prickly lanternfish
....Myctophum aurolaternatum (Species) - golden lanternfish
....Myctophum brachygnathum (Species)
....Myctophum fissunovi (Species)
....Myctophum indicum (Species)
....Myctophum lunatum (Species)
....Myctophum lychnobium (Species) - nightlight lanternfish
....Myctophum nitidulum (Species) - pearly lanternfish
....Myctophum obtusirostre (Species)
....Myctophum orientale (Species)
....Myctophum ovcharovi (Species)
....Myctophum phengodes (Species)
....Myctophum punctatum (Species) - spotted lanternfish
....Myctophum selenops (Species) - Wisner's lantern fish
....Myctophum spinosum (Species) - spiny lantern fish
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810
Original name
:
Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice d'Ittiol. Sicil.
: 56 (as Mictophum pl. 2).
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Myctophidae
(Family)
Gill, 1893
Type of
:
Myctophiformes
(Order)
Regan, 1911
Type of
:
Myctophinae
(Subfamily)
Fowler, 1925
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
lantern fish
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 683.
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1 Feb 2024