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Myctophiformes
Sign in to saveThe Myctophiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes consisting of two families of deep-sea marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelidae) contain six species in three genera, while the bulk of the family belongs to the Myctophidae, with over 30 genera and some 252 species.
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Myctophiformes is an order of animals within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. The taxon is accepted and has the common name lantaarnvisachtigen. It is classified under the kingdom Animalia.
The order is associated with a marine habitat. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in the United States, Line Islands, Indonesia, and the Philippines. These records are held by institutions including CAS, LACM, and USNM, with a total of 54 records and 6 media items. GBIF data lists an occurrence count of 477,802.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
lantaarnvisachtigen
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderMyctophiformes
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 54
- With media
- 6
- Collections
- CAS, LACM, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Line Islands, Indonesia, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Actinopteri
- Image
- Myctophum punctatum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Myctophiformes
- taxon rank
- order
- topic's main category
- Category:Myctophiformes
- taxon name
- Myctophiformes
- taxon common name
- prikkfisker
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description and ecology
- Systematics
- Timeline of genera
- Footnotes
- References
The Myctophiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes consisting of two families of deep-sea marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelidae) contain six species in three genera, while the bulk of the family belongs to the Myctophidae, with over 30 genera and some 252 species.
The scientific name ultimately derives from Ancient Greek myktér (μυκτήρ, "nose") + óphis (ὄφῖς, "serpent") + Latin forma ("external form"), the Greek part in reference to the long, slender, and heavy-headed shape of these fishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myctophiformes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.