Benthosema
| Benthosema | |
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| Glacier Lantern Fish (B. glaciale) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Myctophidae
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| Genus: | Benthosema Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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Benthosema is a genus of lanternfishes.
Species[]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Benthosema fibulatum (C. H. Gilbert & , 1897) (spinycheek lanternfish)
- Benthosema glaciale (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (glacier lantern fish)
- Benthosema panamense (Tåning, 1932) (lamp fish)
- Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890) (skinnycheek lanternfish)
- Benthosema suborbitale (C. H. Gilbert, 1913) (smallfin lanternfish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Benthosema in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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Categories:
- Myctophidae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by George Brown Goode
- Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean
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