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Hygophum
Taxonomy
Hygophum was named by Bolin (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myctophini by Steurbaut (1979) and Schwarzhans (1980); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophinae by Steurbaut (1984), Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019) and Schwarzhans (2019); and to Myctophidae by Heinrich (1969), Ohe and Araki (1973), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Stringer (1998), Girone et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007) and Legendre et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Myctophini by Steurbaut (1979) and Schwarzhans (1980); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophinae by Steurbaut (1984), Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019) and Schwarzhans (2019); and to Myctophidae by Heinrich (1969), Ohe and Araki (1973), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Stringer (1998), Girone et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007) and Legendre et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Hygophum Bolin |
| 1969 | Hygophum Heinrich p. 20 |
| 1973 | Hygophum Ohe and Araki p. 410 |
| 1978 | Hygophum Schwarzhans p. 12 |
| 1979 | Hygophum Steurbaut p. 60 |
| 1980 | Hygophum Schwarzhans p. 56 |
| 1983 | Hygophum Nolf and Steurbaut p. 157 |
| 1984 | Hygophum Steurbaut p. 51 |
| 1998 | Hygophum Stringer p. 150 |
| 2002 | Hygophum Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Hygophum Girone et al. p. 656 |
| 2007 | Hygophum Carnevale p. 25 |
| 2012 | Hygophum Fierstine et al. p. 51 |
| 2018 | Hygophum Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
| 2019 | Hygophum Schwarzhans p. 117 |
| 2019 | Hygophum Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 366 |
| 2020 | Hygophum Legendre et al. p. 25 |
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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. Hygophum Bolin 1939
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†Hygophum acutiventris Schwarzhans 2019
Hygophum agatense Robba 1970
†Hygophum agrigentensis Schwarzhans 1978
Hygophum benoiti Cocco 1838 [Benoit's lanternfish]
†Hygophum circularis Frost 1924
†Hygophum derthonensis Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
†Hygophum germanicum Heinrich 1969
Hygophum hygomi Lütken 1892 [Bermuda lantern fish]
Hygophum macrochir Günther 1864 [large-finned lanternfish]
†Hygophum orcianensis Schwarzhans 1978
†Hygophum pabloensis Weiler 1959
†Hygophum probenoiti Arambourg 1927
Hygophum proximum Becker 1965
†Hygophum rotundum Ohe and Araki 1973
†Hygophum taaningi Becker 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available