Protomyctophum
| Protomyctophum | |
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| Subparallel Lanternfish (P. subparallelum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner, 1949 |
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Protomyctophum is a genus of lanternfishes.
Species[]
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Protomyctophum andriashevi , 1963
- Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892) (Arctic telescope)
- Protomyctophum beckeri , 1971
- Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
- Protomyctophum chilense , 1971
- Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981
- Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939) (California flashlightfish)
- Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981
- Protomyctophum kolaevi , 2004
- Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981
- Protomyctophum mcginnisi , 2005
- Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932) (Norman's lanternfish)
- Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905) (Parallel lanternfish)
- Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932) (Subparallel lanternfish)
- Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930)
- Protomyctophum thompsoni (, 1944) (Bigeye lanternfish)
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Protomyctophum in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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