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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lampanyctus lepidolychnus Becker, 1967 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus lineatus Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rakery beaconlampLampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode & Bean, 1896) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus mendeleevi Clements & Stewart, 2026 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus niger (Günther, 1887) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Noble lampfishLampanyctus nobilis Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus omostigma Gilbert, 1908 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus parvicauda Parr, 1931 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus photonotus Parr, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus popoto Schwarzhans, 2019 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson, 1890) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| broadfin lampfishLampanyctus ritteri Gilbert, 1915 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| False lanternfishLampanyctus simulator Wisner, 1971 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longfin lampfishLampanyctus steinbecki Bolin, 1939 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender lanternfishLampanyctus tenuiformis (Brauer, 1906) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turner's lanternfishLampanyctus turneri (Fowler, 1934) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus vadulus Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus wisneri (Zahuranec, 2000) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampichthys mangapariensis Schwarzhans, 1980 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophanes gaussi (Brauer, 1906) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cocco's lantern fishLobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loweina interrupta (Tåning, 1928) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laura's lantern fishLoweina rara (Lütken, 1892) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loweina terminata Becker, 1964 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Metelectrona herwigi Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| metallic lanternfishMyctophum affine (Lütken, 1892) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman, 1899 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pearly lanternfishMyctophum nitidulum Garman, 1899 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted lanternfishMyctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| topside lampfishNotolychnus valdiviae (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notoscopelus bolini Nafpaktitis, 1975 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| LobisomemNotoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson, 1863) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notoscopelus effertus Schwarzhans, 2019 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Notoscopelus elongatus (Costa, 1844) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| japanese lanternfishNotoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka, 1908) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Krøyer's lanternfishNotoscopelus kroyeri (Malm, 1861) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| patchwork lampfishNotoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner, 1971 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California flashlightfishProtomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum mcginnisi Prokofiev, 2005 | 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.