Tribe Myctophini Fowler 1925 (lanternfish)
Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. Schwarzhans 2013
See also Denton 2013 and Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Electrona, Gonichthys, Hygophum, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Myctophini in the database