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Myctophidae
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Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ myktḗr, "nose" and ophis, "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera, and are found in oceans worldwide. They are named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. Their sister family, the Neoscopelidae, are much fewer in number but superficially very similar; at least one neoscopelid shares the common name "lanternfish": the large-scaled lantern fish, Neoscopelus macrolepidotus.
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Myctophidae is a family of marine teleost fish, commonly known as lanternfishes. The taxon was described by Gill in 1893 and is classified within the order Myctophiformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia. The family is accepted as a valid taxonomic group and has existed for approximately 85 million years.
Members of this family feed primarily on zooplankton. Records of Myctophidae are held by institutions including SDNHM, ECOSUR, and UWFC, with documented occurrences in the United States and Mexico. The family has 473,793 occurrence records and 6,613 associated records, including 392 media items.
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Species
lanternfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderMyctophiformes
- FamilyMyctophidae
屬 見內文 大口擬珍燈魚的身體構造 (1) 鰓蓋（Operculum 或 Gill cover）, (2) 體側線, (3) 背鰭,(4) 脂鰭, (5) 尾柄（Caudal peduncle）, (6) 尾鰭, (7) 臀鰭,(8) 發光器（Photophore，深海生物用來捕捉獵物或躲藏的器官）,(9) 腹鰭, (10) 胸鰭 燈籠魚科（学名：Myctophidae）是輻鰭魚綱燈籠魚目的其中一科。 目录 1 分類 1.1 底燈魚屬（Benthosema） 1.2 虹燈魚屬（Bolinichthys） 1.3 錦燈魚屬（Centrobranchus） 1.4 角燈魚屬（Ceratoscopelus） 1.5 眶燈魚屬（Diaphus） 1.6 明燈魚屬（Diogenichthys） 1.7 電燈魚屬（Electrona） 1.8 星燈魚屬（Gonichthys） 1.9 裸燈魚屬（Gymnoscopelus） 1.10 亨燈魚屬（Hintonia） 1.11 壯燈魚屬（Hygophum） 1.12 異燈魚屬（Idiolychnus） 1.13 克燈魚屬（Krefftichthys） 1.14 炬燈魚屬（Lampadena） 1.15 擬珍燈魚屬（Lampanyctodes） 1.16 珍燈魚屬（Lampanyctus） 1.17 頰光魚屬（Lampichthys） 1.18 華燈魚屬（Lepidophanes） 1.19 葉燈魚屬（Lobianchia） 1.20 羅燈魚屬（Loweina） 1.21 後燈籠魚屬（Metelectrona） 1.22 燈籠魚屬（Myctophum） 1.23 珍燈魚屬（Nannobrachium） 1.24 尖吻背燈魚屬（Notolychnus） 1.25 背燈魚屬（Notoscopelus） 1.26 小光燈籠魚屬（Parvilux） 1.27 原燈籠魚屬（Protomyctophum） 1.28 真蜥燈魚屬（Scopelopsis） 1.29 臂燈魚屬（Stenobrachius） 1.30 標燈魚屬（Symbolophorus） 1.31 太寧燈魚屬（Taaningichthys） 1.32 泰勒燈魚屬（Tarletonbeania） 1.33 尾燈魚屬（Triphoturus） 分類 燈籠魚科下分34個屬，如下： 底燈魚屬（Benthosema） 帶底燈魚（B. fibulatum） 冰底燈魚（B. glaciale） 巴拿馬底燈魚（B. panamense） 七星底燈魚（B. pterotum）：又稱長鰭底燈魚。 耀眼底燈魚（B. suborbitale） 虹燈魚屬（Bolinichthys） 後光虹燈魚（B. distofax） 印度虹燈魚（B. indicus） 長鰭虹燈魚（B. longipes） 尼氏虹燈
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,613
- With media
- 392
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, ECOSUR, UWFC
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Myctophiformes
- Image
- California headlightfish.png
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- Commons category
- Myctophidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Myctophidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Myctophidae
- start time
- 84900000-0
- main food source
- zooplankton
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Deep scattering layer
- Rise to dominance
- Genera
- References
- Further reading
Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ myktḗr, "nose" and ophis, "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera, and are found in oceans worldwide. They are named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. Their sister family, the Neoscopelidae, are much fewer in number but superficially very similar; at least one neoscopelid shares the common name "lanternfish": the large-scaled lantern fish, Neoscopelus macrolepidotus.
Lanternfish are among the most widely distributed, diverse and populous vertebrates, with some estimates suggesting that they may have a total global biomass of 1.8 to 16 gigatonnes, accounting for up to 65% of all deep-sea fish biomass. Commercial fisheries for them exist off South Africa, in the sub-Antarctic, and in the Gulf of Oman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myctophidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.