Protomyctophum tenisoni

Taxonavigation: Myctophiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Scopelomorpha Ordo: Myctophiformes

Familia: Myctophidae
Genus: Protomyctophum
Species: Protomyctophum tenisoni

Name

Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930)

• Holotype: BMNH 1930.1.12.604.
• Paratypes: BMNH 1930.1.12.605-611 (8).

Type locality: South Atlantic, 46°25'S, 15°13'E, depth 96 meters.

Etymology: .

Synonyms

• Myctophum tenisoni Norman, 1930

Vernacular names

English: Tenison's Lanternfish

References

• Norman, J.R. 1930. Oceanic fishes and flatfishes collected in 1925-1927. Discovery Reports 2: 261–369, Pl. 2. Reference page. 
• Saunders, R. A., Collins, M. A., Ward, P., Stowasser, G., Shreeve, R. & Tarling, G. A. 2015. Trophodynamics of Protomyctophum (Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Journal of Fish Biology 87(4): 1031–1058. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12776 Reference page. 

Links

• Protomyctophum tenisoni in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Protomyctophum tenisoni in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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