THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Myctophidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diaphus wisneri Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diogenichthys aguilerai Schwarzhans, 2013 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Diogenes lanternfishDiogenichthys laternatus (Garman, 1899) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diogenichthys panurgus Bolin, 1946 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Electric lantern fishElectrona risso (Cocco, 1829) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Electrona subaspera (Günther, 1864) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gonichthys barnesi Whitley, 1943 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gonichthys cocco (Cocco, 1829) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gonichthys tenuiculus (Garman, 1899) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gonichthys venetus Becker, 1964 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoscopelus fraseri (Fraser-Brunner, 1931) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoscopelus hintonoides Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoscopelus microlampas Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hintonia candens Fraser-Brunner, 1949 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benoit's lanternfishHygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hygophum bruuni Wisner, 1971 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hygophum macrochir (Günther, 1864) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Firefly lanternfishHygophum proximum Becker, 1965 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reinhardt's lantern fishHygophum reinhardtii (Lütken, 1892) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Idiolychnus urolampus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena alta (Schwarzhans, 1980) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lampadena atlantica Maul, 1969 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena dea Fraser-Brunner, 1949 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Luminous lanternfishLampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena notialis Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1968 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mirror lampfishLampadena speculigera Goode & Bean, 1896 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sunbeam lampfishLampadena urophaos Paxton, 1963 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther, 1876) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spinytail lampfishLampanyctus acanthurus Wisner, 1974 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus achirus Andriashev, 1962 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Winged lanternfishLampanyctus alatus Goode & Bean, 1896 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus ater Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| southern lanternfishLampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| jewel lanternfishLampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus crypticus (Zahuranec, 2000) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus fernae Wisner, 1971 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Festive lanternfishLampanyctus festivus Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus gemmifer Goode & Bean, 1896 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus gibbsi (Zahuranec, 2000) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus hawaiiensis (Zahuranec, 2000) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus hubbsi Wisner, 1963 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus idostigma Parr, 1931 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus intricarius Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus isaacsi Wisner, 1974 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus iselinoides Bussing, 1965 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brokenline lanternfishLampanyctus jordani Gilbert, 1913 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.