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represented by 246
species in 33 genera, and are
found in
oceans worldwide.
Lanternfishes are
aptly named after their con****uous use of bioluminescence. Their...
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Bolinichthys is a
genus of
lanternfishes. The
genus is
named in
honour of Rolf Ling
Bolin (1901–1973), an
ichthyologist and
lanternfish specialist from...
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Subsection Myctophata [Scopelomorpha]
Order Myctophiformes Regan 1911 (
lanternfishes)
Subsection Acanthomorpha Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2013
Division Lampridacea...
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Centrobranchus is a
genus of
lanternfishes. The
currently recognized species in this
genus are:
Centrobranchus andreae (Lütken, 1892) (Andre's lanternfish)...
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Loweina is a
small genus of
lanternfishes.
There are
currently three recognized species in this genus:
Loweina interrupta (Tåning, 1928)
Loweina rara...
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Triphoturus is a
genus of
lanternfishes.
There are
currently three recognized species in this genus:
Triphoturus mexic**** (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Mexican...
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upper continental slope,
where they feed on
small fish such as
lanternfishes.
Several species are
important commercial fish, for
example the blue...
- such as mackerel, barracudinas,
silver hake, rockfish, herring, and
lanternfishes, but they also take
demersal fish, squid, and crustaceans. In the northwestern...
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Taaningichthys is a
genus of
lanternfishes. The
genus is
named in
honour of Åge
Vedel Tåning, a
Danish lanternfish expert.
There are
currently three recognized...
- Werner; Carnevale,
Giorgio (August 2021). "The rise to
dominance of
lanternfishes (Teleostei: Myctophidae) in the
oceanic ecosystems: a paleontological...
