Ichthyococcus
Sign in to saveIchthyococcus, the fireflyfishes, is a genus of deep-sea stomiiform fish. It is the only member of the family Ichthyococcidae.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderStomiiformes
- FamilyPhosichthyidae
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- Specimen records
- 55
- Family
- Phosichthyidae
- Collections
- UWFC, NMV, CAS, NHMUK, SIO, USNM
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, Samoa, New Zealand, Indonesia, Bermuda
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- Phosichthyidae
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- Ichthyococcus ovatus1.jpg
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Ichthyococcus, the fireflyfishes, is a genus of deep-sea stomiiform fish. It is the only member of the family Ichthyococcidae.
==Included species== There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: Ichthyococcus australis Mukhacheva, 1980 (Southern lightfish) Ichthyococcus elongatus S. Imai, 1941 (Slim lightfish) Ichthyococcus intermedius Mukhacheva, 1980 (Intermediate lightfish) Ichthyococcus irregularis Rechnitzer & J. E. Böhlke, 1958 (Bulldog lightfish) Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco, 1838) (Lightfish) Ichthyococcus parini Mukhacheva, 1980 Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1963 Members of this family were formerly placed in the family Phosichthyidae, but a 2025 phylogenetic study found the latter family to be paraphyletic as previously described. Ichthyococcus was found to belong to a distinct lineage sister to the clade containing the Phosichthyidae and Stomiidae, and was thus described as its own family, the Ichthyococcidae.
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