Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Myctophiformes > Family Myctophidae > Genus Protomyctophum

Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protomyctophum*	Fraser-Brunner, 1949	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Protomyctophum (Hierops) arcticum*	(Lütken, 1892)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Norwegian: nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk

Literature

basis of record	Fishbase
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (5 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158917