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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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    Giorgio (August 2021). "The rise to dominance of lanternfishes (Teleostei: Myctophidae) in the oceanic ecosystems: a paleontological perspective". Paleobiology...
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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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    Benthosema pterotum (category Myctophidae)
    lanternfish and opaline lanternfish, is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. It is dominant...
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  • Diaphus dahlgreni (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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    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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  • Atrobucca geniae , Sciaenidae Benthosema pterotum , Skinnycheek lanternfish, Myctophidae Champsodon capensis , Gaper, Champsodontidae Chauliodus sloani , Sloane's...
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  • Diaphus parri (category Myctophidae)
    T130283033A130414175.en. Retrieved 20 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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