Taxonomic Drilldown

At any stage, you can move up or down the Taxonomic hierachy of Antarctic/subantarctic species by clicking on any name. Lower level taxon counts are shown in [].

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae

List of all species - see Taxon profile using the number

Genus Diaphus
Diaphus cf metoploclampus (Cocco, 1829) Spothead lantern fish
Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg & Scott, 1976 Lantern fish
Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 Lantern fish
Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978 Lantern fish
Diaphus ostenfeldi Tåning, 1932 Lantern fish
Genus Electrona
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878) Lantern fish
Electrona carlsbergi (Tanning 1932) Lantern fish
Electrona paucirastra Bolin, 1962 Lantern fish
Electrona rissoi (Cocco, 1829) Lantern fish
Electrona sp. Lantern fish
Electrona subaspera (Gunther 1864) Lantern fish
Genus Gymnoscopelus
Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962 Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905) Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus fraseri (Fraser-Brunner, 1931) Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides Hulley, 1981 Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus microlampas Hulley, 1981 Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus mollis
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert 1911) Nichol's lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus Fraser-Brunner, 1949 Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus opistopterus Fraser-Brunner. 1949
Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931) Lantern fish
Gymnoscopelus sp. Lantern fish
Genus Hintonia
Hintonia candens Fraser-Brunner, 1949 Lantern fish
Hintonia candens (cf) Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus Krefftichthys
Krefftichthys anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905) Lantern fish
Krefftichthys sp. Synonym
Genus Lampadena
Lampadena notialis Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1968 Notal Lanternfish
Lampadena speculigera Goode & Bean, 1896 Mirror lanternfish
Genus Lampanyctus
Lampanyctus achirus Andriashev, 1962 Lantern fish
Lampanyctus ater Taning, 1932 Dusky lanternfish
Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932 Lantern fish
Lampanyctus intricarius Tåning, 1928 Lantern fish
Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode and Bean, 1896) Rakery beaconlamp
Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson, 1890) Lantern fish
Lampanyctus sp. Lantern fish
Genus Lampichthys
Lampichthys proceros
Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904) Lantern fish
Genus Metelectrona
Metelectrona sp. Lantern fish
Metelectrona ventralis (Becker, 1963) Lantern fish
Genus Myctophid
Myctophid larva Lantern fish
Genus Myctophidae
Myctophidae indet Lanternfish
Genus Nasolychnus
Nasolychnus fraseri Lanternfish
Nasolychnus sp. Lanternfish
Genus Protomyctophum
Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963
Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949) Lanternfish
Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981 Lanternfish
Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981
Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981 Lanternfish
Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932) Lanternfish
Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905) Lanternfish
Protomyctophum sp. Lanternfish
Protomyctophum sp.
Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932) Lanternfish
Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930) Lanternfish
Genus Symbolophorus
Symbolophorus boops (Richardson, 1845) Bogue lanternfish
Genus Taaningichthys
Taaningichthys bathyphilus (Taning, 1928) Deepwater lanternfish
Taaningichthys sp. Lanternfish