Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Myctophiformes

Myctophidae Gill, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Benthosema Goode & Bean, 1896
Bolinichthys Paxton, 1972
Centrobranchus Fowler, 1904
Ceratoscopelus Günther, 1864
Dasyscopelus Günther, 1864
Diaphus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
Diogenichthys Bolin, 1939
Electrona Goode & Bean, 1896
Gonichthys Gistel, 1850
Hygophum Bolin, 1939
Lampadena Goode & Bean, 1893
Lampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840
Lepidophanes Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Lobianchia Gatti, 1904
Loweina Fowler, 1925
Myctophum Rafinesque, 1810
Nannobrachium Günther, 1887
Nanobrachium Günther, 1887
Notolychnus Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Notoscopelus Günther, 1864
Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Symbolophorus Bolin & Wisner, 1959
Taaningichthys Bolin, 1959

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lanternfishes sources: MASDEA (1997).

French: poissons-lanternes sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Japanese: ハダカイワシ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: lysprikkfiskfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: lysprikkfiskfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: linternillas sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Swedish: prickfiskar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myctophidae Gill, 1893. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125498