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Myctophidae
Gill, 1893
- lanternfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Myctophiformes (Order) - lanternfishes
..Neoscopelidae (Family) - blackchins
..Myctophidae (Family) - lanternfishes
....Diaphinae (Subfamily) - headlightfishes
....†Eomyctophinae (Subfamily)
....Gymnoscopelinae (Subfamily) - luminous lanternfishes
....Lampanyctinae (Subfamily) - toothy lampfishes
....Myctophinae (Subfamily) - lanternfishes
....Notolychninae (Subfamily) - topside lanternfishes
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Myctophinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1893
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
[inferred]
Type
:
Myctophum
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Scopelidae
(Family)
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: App. (p. 606).
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
lantaarnvissen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
lanternfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 277; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
lanternfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2465.
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