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Myctophum
Taxonomy
Myctophum was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Scopelus (Myctophum) by Günther (1864).
It was assigned to Scopelus by Günther (1864); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophydae by Girone et al. (2006); to Myctophini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013) and Denton (2013); to Myctophinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949), Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019); and to Myctophidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Heinrich (1969), Ciobanu (1977), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Bedini et al. (1986), Gaudant et al. (1996), Stringer (1998), Constantin (1999), Gaudant et al. (2005), Gaudant et al. (2006), Gaudant (2008), Schwarzhans (2019) and Argyriou (2022).
It was reranked as Scopelus (Myctophum) by Günther (1864).
It was assigned to Scopelus by Günther (1864); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophydae by Girone et al. (2006); to Myctophini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013) and Denton (2013); to Myctophinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949), Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019); and to Myctophidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Heinrich (1969), Ciobanu (1977), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Bedini et al. (1986), Gaudant et al. (1996), Stringer (1998), Constantin (1999), Gaudant et al. (2005), Gaudant et al. (2006), Gaudant (2008), Schwarzhans (2019) and Argyriou (2022).
Species
M. (Myctophum), M. (Nasolychnus), M. (Scopelus), M. affine (syn. Rhinoscopelus oceanicus, M. opalinum), M. americanum, M. antelaternatum, M. arcanum, M. asperum (syn. Dasyscopelus naufragus), M. bortonensis, M. braueri, M. columnae, M. danielli, M. degraciai, M. dorsale, M. evermanni, M. fibulatum, M. gilberti, M. hollandi, M. imitata, M. jacksoni, M. laternatum, M. licatae, M. longipes, M. luetkeni, M. lychnobium, M. margaritatum, M. mundulum, M. murbani, M. nitidulum, M. obtusirostris, M. oroseinum, M. praepterotum, M. pulchrum, M. punctatum (syn. Scopelus heideri, Scopelus caninianus, Scopelus mulleri), M. renschi, M. robustus, M. selenops, M. simile, M. spinosum, M. splendidum, M. tamumuensis, M. tenellum, M. tenisoni, M. tenuiforme, M. townsendi, M. unicum, M. weileri, Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1810 | Myctophum Rafinesque |
1829 | Myctophus Cocco |
1838 | Mychtophus Cocco |
1864 | Scopelus (Myctophum) Günther |
1925 | Myctophum Arambourg p. 65 |
1927 | Myctophum Arambourg p. 42 |
1949 | Myctophum Fraser-Brunner p. 1054 |
1969 | Myctophum Heinrich p. 16 |
1977 | Myctophum Ciobanu p. 92 |
1978 | Myctophum Schwarzhans p. 6 |
1980 | Myctophum Schwarzhans p. 59 |
1983 | Myctophum Nolf and Steurbaut p. 158 |
1986 | Myctophum Bedini et al. p. 21 |
1996 | Myctophum Gaudant et al. p. 138 |
1998 | Myctophum Stringer p. 150 |
1999 | Myctophum Constantin |
2002 | Myctophum Sepkoski |
2005 | Myctophum Gaudant et al. p. 692 |
2006 | Myctophum Gaudant et al. p. 796 |
2006 | Myctophum Girone et al. p. 656 |
2008 | Myctophum Gaudant p. 215 |
2012 | Myctophum Fierstine et al. p. 51 |
2013 | Myctophum Denton p. 790 |
2013 | Myctophum Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 100 |
2018 | Myctophum Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
2019 | Myctophum Schwarzhans p. 42 |
2019 | Myctophum Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 366 |
2022 | Myctophum Argyriou p. 108 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Myctophum Rafinesque 1810
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Subg. Myctophum (Myctophum) Rafinesque 1810
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Myctophum (Myctophum) aurolaternatum Garman 1899
Myctophum (Myctophum) brachygnathos Bleeker 1856
Myctophum (Myctophum) cuvieri Castelnau 1873
Subg. Myctophum (Scopelus) Cuvier 1816
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Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani Gilbert 1905
Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti Risso 1810
Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum Taning 1928
Scopelus argenteus Gilchrist 1905
†Scopelus biarritzensis Priem 1912
†Scopelus ellipticus Sulc 1932
†Scopelus excavatus Sulc 1932
†Scopelus fragilis Prochazka 1893
†Scopelus frosti Vorstman 1927
†Scopelus incisus Frost 1934
†Scopelus kokeni Prochazka 1893
†Scopelus lacertosus Sauvage 1870
†Scopelus laminatus Frost 1934
†Scopelus latirostratus Weiler 1950
†Scopelus mammatus Frost 1934
†Scopelus mediterraneus Koken 1891
†Scopelus obliquus Weiler 1943
†Scopelus papuensis Schubert 1910
†Scopelus pulcher Procharzky 1893
†Scopelus regularis Frost 1934
†Scopelus splendidus Prochazka 1893 [horned lanternfish]
†Scopelus sulcatus Bassoli 1906
†Scopelus tenuis Weinfurter 1952
†Scopelus tutamoensis Frost 1934
Myctophum affine Lütken 1892
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Invalid names: Myctophum opalinum Goode and Bean 1895 [synonym], Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan and Evermann 1903 [synonym]
†Myctophum americanum Frizzell and Dante 1965
†Myctophum antelaternatum Ciobanu 1977
†Myctophum arcanum Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Myctophum bortonensis Schwarzhans 2019
Myctophum braueri Gilbert 1905
†Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873
†Myctophum danielli D'Erasmo 1929
†Myctophum degraciai Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870
Myctophum evermanni Gilbert 1905
Myctophum fibulatum Parr 1928
Myctophum gilberti Everman and Seale 1907
Myctophum hollandi Jordan and Jordan 1932
Myctophum imitata Parr 1928
†Myctophum jacksoni Aguilera and de Aguilera 2001
Myctophum laternatum Norman 1939
Myctophum laternatum atlanticum Taning 1928
†Myctophum licatae Sauvage 1880
Myctophum longipes Brauer 1906
Myctophum luetkeni Gilbert 1905
Myctophum lychnobium Bolin 1946
Myctophum margaritatum Gilbert 1905
†Myctophum mundulum Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Myctophum murbani Weinfurter 1952
Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899
Myctophum obtusirostris Taning 1928
†Myctophum oroseinum Dieni 1968
†Myctophum praepterotum Ciobanu 1977
†Myctophum pulchrum Procharzky 1893
Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 [spotted lanternfish]
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Invalid names: Scopelus caninianus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1828 [synonym], Scopelus heideri Steindachner 1881 [synonym], Scopelus mulleri Goode 1884 [synonym]
Myctophum renschi Ahl 1929
†Myctophum robustus Ciobanu 1977
†Myctophum selenops Taning 1928
Myctophum simile Taning 1928
Myctophum spinosum Steindachner 1867
†Myctophum splendidum Prochazka 1893 [horned lanternfish]
†Myctophum tamumuensis Schwarzhans 2019
†Myctophum tenellum Schwarzhans 2019
Myctophum tenisoni Norman 1930
Myctophum tenuiforme Brauer 1906
Myctophum townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889
†Myctophum unicum Schwarzhans 1978
†Myctophum weileri Ciobanu 1977
Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir Günther 1864 [large-finned lanternfish]
Invalid names: Mychtophus Cocco 1838 [synonym], Myctophus Cocco 1829 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 42.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma
Collections (124 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Eocene | USA (Texas) | M. americanum (84145) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Texas) | M. americanum (84144 84147) | |
Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | M. bortonensis (219322) | |
Priabonian | France | Scopelus ellipticus, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus excavatus, Scopelus biarritzensis (222677) | |
Rupelian | Romania | M. weileri, M. praepterotum, M. robustus, M. antelaternatum (187379) | |
Chattian | New Zealand (North Island) | Scopelus laminatus (204336) Scopelus regularis (204337) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (North Island) | Scopelus incisus, Scopelus ellipticus (204338) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | M. punctatus (118106) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Scopelus pulcher (221446) | |
Neogene | Indonesia (Aceh) | Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus papuensis (223637) Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus fragilis (223639) | |
Otaian | New Zealand | Benthosema regulare (152323) | |
Otaian | New Zealand (North Island) | Benthosema regulare (219517 219522) | |
Altonian | New Zealand | Scopelus cirucularis, Scopelus sulcatus (67897) Scopelus regularis, Scopelus sulcatus (67900) Scopelus sulcatus (67896) Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus pulcher (67899) | |
Altonian | New Zealand (North Shore) | Benthosema regulare (219523 219525) | |
Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Benthosema regulare (219341 219609 219622) Scopelus sulcatus (204236) | |
Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | M. pulchrum (161965) | |
Clifdenian | New Zealand (South Island) | Benthosema regulare (219276 219623) | |
Clifdenian - Lillburnian | New Zealand (North Island) | M. tamumuensis (219541) | |
Serravallian | Romania | Scopelus obliquus, Scopelus kokeni (222591) Scopelus sp. (222592) | |
Serravallian | USA (California) | M. sp. (149545) | |
Badenian | Slovakia | M. splendidum, M. mediterraneum (222420) | |
Waiauan | New Zealand (North Island) | Hygophum murbani (219267) M. tamumuensis (219549) | |
Tortonian | Panama | M. degraciai (219220 219221 219222) | |
Tortonian | Greece | M. licatae (60775 185752) | |
Tortonian | Greece (Crete) | M. coppa, M. sp. (207584 207587) M. fitchi, M. sp. (207588 207589) M. licatae (207356) M. punctatum (207586) M. sp., M. licatae (207355) | |
Tortonian | Italy | M. coppa, M. fitchi, M. punctatum (70491) M. fitchi (178120 187503 187506 187596) M. fitchi, M. punctatum (78437 187504 187507) | |
Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | M. affine, M. arcanum, M. degraciai (219219) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Greece (Crete) | M. fitchi (207593) | |
Tongaporutuan | New Zealand (North Island) | Hygophum murbani (219269) M. tenellum (219553 219554) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Germany | M. debile, M. pulchrum (223566) | |
Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | M. probenoili, M. licatae, M. columnae, M. dorsale (59256) | |
Messinian | Panama | M. affine (219199) | |
Messinian | Greece (Crete) | M. coppa (207592) M. fitchi (207591) M. licatae, M. dorsale (207364 207365 207366) | |
Messinian | Dominican Republic | M. affine (75042) | |
Messinian | Italy (Sicile) | M. licatae, M. dorsale (210669) | |
Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | M. dainellii, M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, M. dorsale (186578) | |
Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | M. coppa (172914 199859 199860 220503) M. sp. (113998) | |
Messinian | Algeria | M. columnae (186631 219784) M. licatae, M. columnae, M. dorsale (186582 186583) M. licatae, M. dorsale (186585) | |
Messinian | Italy | Leuciscus dorsalis, Scopelus lacertosus, M. columnae, M. dorsale (185692) M. columnae (186579) M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis (210640) M. dainelli, M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis (210251) M. dainellii, M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, M. dorsale (186576) M. dainellii, M. probenoili, M. columnae, M. dorsale (186577) | |
Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | M. clumnae, M. dainelli, M. sp. (210628) M. columnae, M. dorsale (186580) | |
Messinian | Greece (Zakynthos) | M. coppa (207583) | |
Messinian | Greece | M. licatae, M. dorsale (207361) | |
Messinian | Spain | M. licatae (210671) | |
Zanclean | Venezuela | M. jacksoni (219232) M. murbani (219229) | |
Zanclean | Italy | M. oroseinum, M. unicum (223700) M. puncatum (210257) | |
Zanclean | Italy (Sicily) | M. sp., M. oroseinum (223702) | |
Pliocene | Jamaica | M. sp., M. affine (186673) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | M. jacksoni (219205) | |
Piacenzian | Japan (Okinawa) | Symbolophorus evermanni (219767) | |
Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | M. jacksoni (135855 136315 136461) | |
Piacenzian | Japan (Hane) | Symbolophorus evermanni (219771 219775 219776) | |
Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | M. fitchi (207357) M. sp. (207303) | |
Gelasian | Italy | M. punctatum (159096) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Zakynthos) | M. punctatum (207576) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207571) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | M. punctatum (159378 159455 159823) | |
Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Kephallonia) | M. punctatum (207577) | |
Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207578) | |
Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207575) | |
Calabrian | Italy | M. punctatum (159288) | |
Calabrian | Japan | M. spinosum (219777) | |
Ionian | Italy | M. punctatum (159361) | |
Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207568 207570) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. nitidulum (219857) |