Myctophidae

Classification

Genera in Myctophidae

• Diaphus — 132 species: Diaphus adenomus, Diaphus aequalis, Diaphus agassizii, Diaphus alcoholicus, Diaphus aliciae, Diaphus altus, Diaphus anderseni, Diaphus angulatus
• Myctophum — 41 species: Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum aurolaternatum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum brachygnathum
• Lampanyctus — 37 species: Lampanyctus acanthurus, Lampanyctus alatus, Lampanyctus australis, Lampanyctus bolini, Lampanyctus crocodilus, Lampanyctus cupriarius, Lampanyctus festivus, Lampanyctus hubbsi
• Nannobrachium — 17 species: Nannobrachium achirus, Nannobrachium atrum, Nannobrachium bristori, Nannobrachium crypticum, Nannobrachium cuprarium, Nannobrachium fernae, Nannobrachium gibbsi, Nannobrachium hawaiiensis
• Protomyctophum — 17 species: Protomyctophum ahunga, Protomyctophum andriashevi, Protomyctophum arcticum, Protomyctophum beckeri, Protomyctophum bolini, Protomyctophum chilense, Protomyctophum choriodon, Protomyctophum crockeri
• Lampadena — 16 species: Lampadena anomala, Lampadena atlantica, Lampadena chavesi, Lampadena dea, Lampadena exima, Lampadena gracilis, Lampadena ionica, Lampadena jacksoni
• Hygophum — 15 species: Hygophum acutiventris, Hygophum agatense, Hygophum agrigentensis, Hygophum atratum, Hygophum benoiti, Hygophum bruuni, Hygophum germanicum, Hygophum hanseni
• Symbolophorus — 14 species: Symbolophorus barnardi, Symbolophorus boops, Symbolophorus californiensis, Symbolophorus evermanni, Symbolophorus haereticus, Symbolophorus kreffti, Symbolophorus meridionalis, Symbolophorus moriguchii
• Notoscopelus — 10 species: Notoscopelus bolini, Notoscopelus caudispinosus, Notoscopelus effertus, Notoscopelus elongatus, Notoscopelus japonicus, Notoscopelus kroyeri, Notoscopelus kuboensis, Notoscopelus praejaponicus
• Ceratoscopelus — 9 species: Ceratoscopelus brevis, Ceratoscopelus maderensis, Ceratoscopelus miocenicus, Ceratoscopelus pabloensis, Ceratoscopelus priscus, Ceratoscopelus richardsoni, Ceratoscopelus townsendi, Ceratoscopelus warmingii
• Gymnoscopelus — 9 species: Gymnoscopelus bolini, Gymnoscopelus braueri, Gymnoscopelus fitchi, Gymnoscopelus fraseri, Gymnoscopelus hintonoides, Gymnoscopelus microlampas, Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
• Benthosema — 8 species: Benthosema fibulatum, Benthosema fitchi, Benthosema glaciale, Benthosema minutum, Benthosema panamense, Benthosema pluridens, Benthosema pterotum, Benthosema suborbitale
• Bolinichthys — 8 species: Bolinichthys distofax, Bolinichthys higashibesshoensis, Bolinichthys indicus, Bolinichthys longipes, Bolinichthys nikolayi, Bolinichthys photothorax, Bolinichthys pyrsobolus, Bolinichthys supralateralis
• Electrona — 8 species: Electrona anfossimosnai, Electrona antarctica, Electrona carlsbergi, Electrona keyesi, Electrona paucirastra, Electrona risso, Electrona subaspera, Electrona subasperoides
• Eomyctophum — 7 species: Eomyctophum broncus, Eomyctophum cozlae, Eomyctophum gracile, Eomyctophum koraensis, Eomyctophum limicola, Eomyctophum menneri, Eomyctophum porokawa
• Diogenichthys — 6 species: Diogenichthys aguilerai, Diogenichthys atlanticus, Diogenichthys hulleyi, Diogenichthys laternatus, Diogenichthys panurgus, Diogenichthys rangiauriensis
• Centrobranchus — 4 species: Centrobranchus andreae, Centrobranchus brevirostris, Centrobranchus choerocephalus, Centrobranchus nigroocellatus
• Gonichthys — 4 species: Gonichthys barnesi, Gonichthys cocco, Gonichthys tenuiculus, Gonichthys venetus
• Lepidophanes — 4 species: Lepidophanes brassoensis, Lepidophanes gaussi, Lepidophanes guentheri, Lepidophanes inclectus
• Lobianchia — 4 species: Lobianchia dofleini, Lobianchia dofleinoides, Lobianchia gemellarii, Lobianchia johnfitchi
• Stenobrachius — 4 species: Stenobrachius leucopsarus, Stenobrachius nannochir, Stenobrachius ohashii, Stenobrachius salnikovi
• Acrognathus — 3 species: Acrognathus boops, Acrognathus dodgei, Acrognathus libanicus
• Loweina — 3 species: Loweina interrupta, Loweina rara, Loweina terminata
• Metelectrona — 3 species: Metelectrona ahlstromi, Metelectrona herwigi, Metelectrona ventralis
• Paralampadena — 3 species:
• Taaningichthys — 3 species:
• Triphoturus — 3 species:
• Hintonia — 2 species:
• Lampanyctodes — 2 species:
• Lampichthys — 2 species:
• Myctophidarum — 2 species:
• Parvilux — 2 species:
• Tarletonbeania — 2 species:
• Eokrefftia — 1 species:
• Idiolychnus — 1 species:
• Krefftichthys — 1 species:
• Notolychnus — 1 species:
• Scopelopsis — 1 species:
• Antimyctophum
• Lamprossa
• Oligophus

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.