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 |
|---|---|---|
| Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye lanternfishProtomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelopsis multipunctatus Brauer, 1906 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern lanternfishStenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| garnet lampfishStenobrachius nannochir (Gilbert, 1890) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symbolophorus barnardi (Tåning, 1932) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bogue lanternfishSymbolophorus boops (Richardson, 1845) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bigfin lanternfishSymbolophorus californiensis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Evermann's lantern fishSymbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symbolophorus kreffti Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symbolophorus opononiensis Schwarzhans, 2019 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Symbolophorus reversus Gago & Ricord, 2005 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symbolophorus rufinus (Tåning, 1928) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largescale laternfishSymbolophorus veranyi (Moreau, 1888) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taaningichthys bathyphilus (Tåning, 1928) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taaningichthys minimus (Tåning, 1928) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taaningichthys paurolychnus Davy, 1972 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue lanternfishTarletonbeania crenularis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tarletonbeania tenua Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican lampfishTriphoturus mexicanus (Gilbert, 1890) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Highseas lampfishTriphoturus nigrescens (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Triphoturus oculeum (Garman, 1899) | 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.