Lampadena

Lampadena
Mirror lanternfish (L. speculigera)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Subfamily: Lampanyctinae
Genus: Lampadena
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1893

Lampadena is a genus of lanternfishes.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Lampadena anomala A. E. Parr, 1928
  • Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905 (Chaves' lanternfish)
  • Lampadena dea Fraser-Brunner, 1949
  • Lampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899) (Luminous lanternfish)
  • Lampadena notialis B. G. Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1968 (Notal lanternfish)
  • Lampadena pontifex G. Krefft, 1970
  • Lampadena speculigera Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Mirror lanternfish)
  • Lampadena urophaos Paxton, 1963
    • Lampadena urophaos atlantica Maul, 1969
    • Lampadena urophaos urophaos Paxton, 1963 (Sunbeam lampfish)
  • Lampadena yaquinae (Coleman & B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1972)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lampadena in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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