MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Myctophidae Gill, 1893

ERMS taxon details

Myctophidae Gill, 1893

AphiaID

125498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125498)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Myctophiformes

Direct children (23)
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Genus Benthosema Goode & Bean, 1896
Genus Bolinichthys Paxton, 1972
Genus Centrobranchus Fowler, 1904
Genus Ceratoscopelus Günther, 1864
Genus Diaphus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
Genus Diogenichthys Bolin, 1939
Genus Electrona Goode & Bean, 1896
Genus Gonichthys Gistel, 1850
Genus Hygophum Bolin, 1939
Genus Lampadena Goode & Bean, 1893
Genus Lampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840
Genus Lepidophanes Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus Lobianchia Gatti, 1904
Genus Loweina Fowler, 1925
Genus Myctophum Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Nannobrachium Günther, 1887
Genus Notolychnus Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus Notoscopelus Günther, 1864
Genus Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus Symbolophorus Bolin & Wisner, 1959
Genus Taaningichthys Bolin, 1959

Genus Dasyscopelus Günther, 1864 accepted as Myctophum Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Lobiancha accepted as Lobianchia Gatti, 1904 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Myctophidae Gill, 1893. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125498 on 2023-06-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Myctophidae Gill, 1893. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125498 on 2023-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	lanternfishes	[details]
French	poissons-lanternes	[details]
Spanish	linternillas	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophidae USNM 424689 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myctophidae USNM 424797 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS


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