Protomyctophum
Encyclopedia
Protomyctophum is a genus
of lanternfish
in the family
Myctophidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of lanternfish
Lanternfish
Cooper Lanternfishes are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera, and are found in oceans worldwide. They are aptly named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Myctophidae.
Species
- Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963
- Arctic telescope, Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)
- Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner, 1971
- Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
- Protomyctophum chilense Wisner, 1971
- Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981
- California flashlightfish, Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939)
- Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981
- Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981
- Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932)
- Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905)
- Protomyctophum subparallelumProtomyctophum subparallelumProtomyctophum subparallelum is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in the southern hemisphere south of about 30° S, in deep water. Its length is about 3.6 cm. It is a mesopelagic species....
(Tåning, 1932) - Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930)
- Bigeye lanternfish, Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944)