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Taxon: Order Myctophiformes Regan, 1911 (fish)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Myctophiformes Regan, 1911 - lanternfishes
                   01 Family Aulopidae Bonaparte, 1831 - flagfins
                   02 Family Synodontidae Gill, 1861 - lizardfishes
                   03 Family Bathysauridae Fowler, 1944 - deepsea lizardfishes
                   04 Family Harpadontidae see Subfamily Harpadontinae Bleeker, 1875
                   05 Family Chlorophthalmidae Garman, 1899, nom. protect. - greeneyes
                   05 Family Chloropthalmidae see Family Chlorophthalmidae Garman, 1899, nom. protect.
                   06 Family Bathypteroidae see Family Ipnopidae Gill, 1884
                   07 Family Ipnopidae Gill, 1884 - deepsea tripodfishes
                   08 Family Scopelosauridae see Family Notosudidae Parr, 1928
                   09 Family Myctophidae Gill, 1893 - lanternfishes
                   10 Family Neoscopelidae Jordan, 1901 - blackchins
                   11 Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835 - barracudinas
                   12 Family Omosudidae Regan, 1911 - hammerjaws
                   13 Family Alepisauridae Swainson, 1839 - lancetfishes
                   14 Family Anotopteridae Zugmayer, 1911 - daggertooths
                   15 Family Evermannellidae Fowler, 1901 - sabertooth fishes
                   16 Family Scopelarchidae Alcock, 1896 - pearleyes

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