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Protomyctophum

Protomyctophum
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Protomyctophum subparallelum (no common name).gif
Subparallel Lanternfish (P. subparallelum)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Protomyctophum
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Species

See text.

Protomyctophum is a genus of lanternfishes.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963
  • Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892) (Arctic telescope)
  • Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner, 1971
  • Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
  • Protomyctophum chilense Wisner, 1971
  • Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981
  • Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939) (California flashlightfish)
  • Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981
  • Protomyctophum kolaevi Prokofiev, 2004
  • Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981
  • Protomyctophum mcginnisi Prokofiev, 2005
  • Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932) (Norman's lanterrnfish)
  • Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905) (Parallel lanternfish)
  • Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932) (Subparallel lanternfish)
  • Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930)
  • Protomyctophum thompsoni (W. M. Chapman, 1944) (Bigeye lanternfish)

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Protomyctophum in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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