Lampanyctus photonotus Parr, 1928
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lampanyctus photonotus Parr, 1928
- Name authority
- Parr, 1928
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Myctophiformes
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Genus
- Lampanyctus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderMyctophiformes
- familyMyctophidae Gill, 1893
- subfamilyLampanyctinae Paxton, 1972
- genusLampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840
- speciesLampanyctus photonotus Parr, 1928
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lampanyctus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lampanyctus achirus Andriashev, 1962 | 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 |
| Lampanyctus intricarius Tåning, 1928 | 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 |
| Lampanyctus lepidolychnus Becker, 1967 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus lineatus Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Noble lampfishLampanyctus nobilis Tåning, 1928 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus vadulus Hulley, 1981 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Winged lanternfishLampanyctus alatus Goode & Bean, 1896 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lampanyctus taaningi Parr, 1929 Parr, 1929 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Parr, A. E. (1928). Deepsea fishes of the order Iniomi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. With annotated keys to the Sudididae, Myctophidae, Scopelarchidae, Evermannellidae, Omosudidae, Cetomimidae and Rondeletidae of the world. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the “Pawnee” 1927.). Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University, v. 3 (art. 3): 1–193. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3S2PV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.