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Myctophum Rafinesque, 1810
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162719

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Ctenoscopelus Fraser-Brunner, 1949
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2003

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Scopelomorpha
	Order	Myctophiformes
	Family	Myctophidae – linternillas, poissons-lanternes, lanternfishes
	Subfamily	Myctophinae
	Genus	Myctophum Rafinesque, 1810
		Direct Children:
	Species	Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892) – pez linterna, metallic lanternfish
	Species	Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845
	Species	Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman, 1899
	Species	Myctophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856)
	Species	Myctophum fissunovi Becker and Borodulina, 1971
	Species	Myctophum indicum (Day, 1877)
	Species	Myctophum lunatum Becker and Borodulina, 1978
	Species	Myctophum lychnobium Bolin, 1946
	Species	Myctophum nitidulum Garman, 1899
	Species	Myctophum novaeseelandiae (Steindachner, 1900)
	Species	Myctophum obtusirostre Tåning, 1928
	Species	Myctophum orientale (Gilbert, 1913)
	Species	Myctophum ovcharovi Tsarin, 1993
	Species	Myctophum phengodes (Lütken, 1892)
	Species	Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810 – spotted lanternfish, spotted laternfish, lanterne ponctuée
	Species	Myctophum selenops Tåning, 1928
	Species	Myctophum spinosum (Steindachner, 1867)

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Myctophum

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Myctophum

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Myctophum

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Myctophum

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Myctophum

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Paxton, J. R., E. H. Ahlstrom, and H. G. Moser / Moser, H. G., W. J. Richards, et al., eds
	Publication Date:	1984
	Article/Chapter Title:	Myctophidae: Relationships
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication, no. 1: Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes
	Page(s):	239-244
	Publisher:	American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
	Publication Place:	Lawrence, Kansas, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0748-0539
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Myctophum

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Stiassny, Melanie L. J. / Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Lynne R. Parenti, and G. David Johnson
	Publication Date:	1996
	Article/Chapter Title:	Basal Ctenosquamate Relationships and the Interrelationships of the Myctophiform (Scopelomorph) Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Interrelationships of Fishes
	Page(s):	xiii + 496
	Publisher:	Academic Press
	Publication Place:	San DIego, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-12-670950-5
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	Reference for:	Myctophum

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Comments


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