Protomyctophum

Protomyctophum
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Subparallel Lanternfish (P. subparallelum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Protomyctophum
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Species

See text.

Protomyctophum is a genus of lanternfishes.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Protomyctophum in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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