Protomyctophum (subgenus of Electrona) Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1949:1045 Neut. Myctophum tenisoni Norman 1930. Type by original designation. •Valid as Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner 1949 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:196 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:479 [ref. 13675], Moser et al. 1984:219 [ref. 13645], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:65 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:316 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:268 [ref. 12442], Hulley 1990:169 [ref. 21685], Miller 1993:517 [ref. 21297], Hulley 1998:75 [ref. 23872], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:246 [ref. 25968], Hartel & Craddock 2003:946 [ref. 27005], Prokofiev 2004:67 [ref. 28609] with subgenera, Paxton et al. 2006:528 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:292 [ref. 30633], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33547], Robertson & Clements 2015:675 [ref. 34257], Pietsch & Orr 2015:25 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner 1949. Myctophidae: Myctophinae.