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Myctophum
Rafinesque, 1810
- lantern fish
(fish)
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Myctophinae (Subfamily) - lanternfishes
..Benthosema (Genus)
..Centrobranchus (Genus)
..Ctenoscopelus (Genus)
..Dasyscopelus (Genus)
..Diogenichthys (Genus)
..Electrona (Genus)
..Gonichthys (Genus)
..Hygophum (Genus)
..Krefftichthys (Genus)
..Loweina (Genus)
..Metelectrona (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 Ittiol. Sicil.
: 56 (as Mictophum pl. 2).
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Myctophidae
(Family)
Gill, 1893
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Myctophiformes
(Order)
Regan, 1911
Type of
:
Myctophinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1893
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; [<23 Jun 2025].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
lantern fish
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 683.
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28 Aug 2026