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Paraphyletic taxon:
Family
Phosichthyidae
Weitzman, 1974
- lightfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Stomioidei (Suborder)
..[Astronesthidae] (Family)
..[Chauliodontidae] (Family)
..[Idiacanthidae] (Family)
..[Malacosteidae] (Family)
..[Melanostomiidae] (Family)
..Sternoptychidae (Family) - marine hatchetfishes
..Stomiidae (Family) - dragonfishes
..[Phosichthyidae] (Family) - lightfishes
....[Photichthys] (Genus)
Types
Type
:
Phosichthys
(Genus)
Hutton, 1872
Variants
Current spelling
:
Photichthyidae
(Family)
Ref:
E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010
: 144.
[indirect]
Former spelling
:
Photichthyidae
(Family)
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 30 Apr 2013.
Former spelling
:
Photichthyidae
(Family)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 261.
Synonyms
In
:
Stomiinae
(Subfamily)
Bleeker, 1859
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 12 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
lightfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 261.
:
lightfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2464.
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21 Sep 2025