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    Lanternfish (redirect from Myctophidae)
    mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33...
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    lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelidae) contain six species in three genera, while the bulk of the family belongs to the Myctophidae, with...
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  • Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Myctophiformes Family: Myctophidae Genus: Hintonia Fraser-Brunner, 1949 Species: H. candens Binomial name...
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  • Atrobucca geniae , Sciaenidae Benthosema pterotum , Skinnycheek lanternfish, Myctophidae Champsodon capensis , Gaper, Champsodontidae Chauliodus sloani , Sloane's...
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    Lampanyctus crocodilus, the jewel lanternfish, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found in the west Mediterranean Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean (above...
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  • Moronidae Mugilidae Mullidae Muraenesocidae Muraenidae Muraenolepididae Myctophidae Myliobatidae Myrocongridae Myxinidae Nandidae Narcinidae Nematistiidae...
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    ray-finned fishes. The oldest of these appears to be Stomiiformes and Myctophidae. In sharks, bioluminescence has evolved only once. Bioluminescence is...
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  • data on the distribution of species of the Myctophum asperum group (Myctophidae) in the equatorial waters of the western part of the Indian Ocean. J...
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  • Stenobrachius (category Myctophidae)
    Gi-Soo; Nazarkin, Mikhail V. (2022). "A new lanternfish (Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) from the Middle Miocene Duho Formation, South Korea". Journal of Vertebrate...
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    the skin ventral photophores of Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918 (Family: Myctophidae)". Acta Zoologica. 102 (4): 405–411. doi:10.1111/azo.12348. ISSN 0001-7272...
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  • mesopelagic fish. One dominant fish in the mesopelagic zone are lanternfish (Myctophidae), which include 245 species distributed among 33 different genera. They...
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    (19 March 2021). "The rise to dominance of lanternfishes (Teleostei: Myctophidae) in the oceanic ecosystems: a paleontological perspective". Paleobiology...
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    prey. They may however sometimes take 3–8 cm long fish in the family Myctophidae. At 40 g on average, it is the smallest warm-blooded animal that breeds...
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    evolution at least 4 times in different groups of fish; twice in the family Myctophidae (in species of Myctophum and Symbolophorus), and also in the families...
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  • the Pacific Photoblepharon steinitzi, from the western Indian Ocean Myctophidae, a family sometimes known as flashlight fishes, with some species referred...
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    ectoparasite of the Northern lampfish (Stenobrachius leucopsarus) in the family Myctophidae. The copepod attaches itself to the bulbus arteriosus of the fish. Such...
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  • in Nordic waters. The order Myctophiformes, which includes the family Myctophidae, or lanternfishes, consists of deep-sea fish common on the southern hemisphere...
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    This is a list of fish found in and around Great Britain, in both fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water. This list includes...
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    (19 March 2021). "The rise to dominance of lanternfishes (Teleostei: Myctophidae) in the oceanic ecosystems: a paleontological perspective". Paleobiology...
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    Sharpchin barracudina Native Not Evaluated Ordo: Myctophiformes Family: Myctophidae Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) Glacier lantern fish Accidental...
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  • Diaphus rivatoni (category Myctophidae)
    P., 1985. Poissons téléostéens: Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, et Myctophidae (Musorstom II). Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (N. S.) (Ser. A) Zool. v....
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  • Symbolophorus californiensis (category Myctophidae)
    Symbolophorus californiensis is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Symbolophorus californiensis...
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  • Scopelopsis (category Myctophidae)
    BRAUER 1906, WITH A DISCUSSION OF ITS PHYLOGENETIC POSITION IN THE FAMILY MYCTOPHIDAE AND ITS ROLE IN A PROPOSED MECHANISM FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOPHORE...
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  • Diaphus nielseni (category Myctophidae)
    T130282230A130414155.en. Retrieved 13 January 2024. Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes...
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  • Diaphus basileusi (category Myctophidae)
    Bekker, V.E. and V.G. Prut'ko, 1984. A new species of the genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the northeastern Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 24(6):82–87. . Froese...
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  • may refer to: Electrona (fish), a genus of lanternfishes in the family Myctophidae Electrona, Tasmania, a town in Tasmania, Australia This disambiguation...
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  • Benthosema panamense (category Myctophidae)
    Benthosema panamense is a species of marine fish in the family Myctophidae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Benthosema panamense (Tåning,...
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    Diaphus dumerilii (category Myctophidae)
    RLTS.T190314A15603055.en. Retrieved 8 January 2024. Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha...
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    White-spotted lantern fish (category Myctophidae)
    called Rafinesque's lanternfish, is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. Its specific name refers to the polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque...
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  • Diaphus handi (category Myctophidae)
    Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1-28. Froese...
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