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Species in the genus Myctophum: [ 19 ] records

affinis, Scopelus Lütken [C. F.] 1892:(237) 252 [32], Fig. 10 [Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague (Sér. 6) v. 7 (no. 6); ref. 2858] 8°44'N, 21°00'W. Lectotype: ZMUC 16. Paralectotypes: (77) ZMUC, Atlantic and Indian oceans, from 37 stations. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:40 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Bolin 1959:15 [ref. 503]. •Valid as Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Scott & Scott 1988:226 [ref. 25518], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:109 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:452 [ref. 15273], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:665 [ref. 23897], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Chen 2002:143 [ref. 26587] as affinis, Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:56 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34324], Hulley 2016:1915 [ref. 34576], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36673], Sutton et al. 2020:210 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:192 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:14 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:236 [ref. 41622], Koerber 2024:43 [ref. 41215], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021], Silva et al. 2025:6 [ref. 42588]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Atlantic. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

aurolaternatum, Myctophum Garman [S.] 1899:264, Pl. 55 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Malpelo-Culpepper Islands, eastern Pacific, 6°21'N, 80°41'W, Albatross station 3382, surface. Syntypes: (25) MCZ 28494 (3), 35191 (1); ?USNM 120276 [ex MCZ 28495] (4); YPM 3704 [ex MCZ 28494] (1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:20 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman 1899 -- (Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:66 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:313 [ref. 5672], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:166 [ref. 24555], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:384 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:116 [ref. 25464], Shinohara et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:134 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:384 [ref. 26001], Love et al. 2005:45 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:228 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:256 [ref. 28944], Romero in Nakaya et at. 2009:150 [ref. 42561], Fourriére et al. 2016:455 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:70 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:236 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021], Su et al. 2025:129 [ref. 42182]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia; eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Chile, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

caninianus, Scopelus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:445 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN 1888-0150 (not found). •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

fissunovi, Myctophum Becker [V. E.] & Borodulina [O. D.] 1971:420 [330], Fig. 2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 484] Western Indian Ocean, 6°58'S, 39°37'E, Vitiaz station 4681, surface. Holotype: ZIN 39909. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:77 [ref. 37828]. On p. 330 of English translation. •Possible in Dasyscopelus -- (Martin 2018: [ref. 35716]). •Valid as Myctophum fissunovi Becker & Borodulina 1971 -- (Hulley 1986:313 [ref. 5672], Fricke 1999:98 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:69 [ref. 37828], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:81 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum fissunovi Becker & Borodulina 1971. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Mauritius (Mascarenes). Habitat: marine.

gracilior, Myctophum aurolaternatum Fowler [H. W.] 1944:355, 372, Fig. 88 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] 250 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Holotype: ANSP 70262. Paratypes: ANSP 70263-64 (2), 70266 (1), 70267-73 (7), 70274-79 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:131 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman 1899 -- (Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

heideri, Scopelus Steindachner [F.] 1881:99 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 18 (no. 11) (for 5 May 1881); ref. 20484] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: NMW 58592 (2). Species described in more detail in Steindachner 1881:401 [p. 9 in separate] [ref. 4232]. •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

humboldti, Gasteropelecus Risso [A.] 1810:xxxvi, 358, Pl. 10 (fig. 38) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1470 (3). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:10-11 [ref. 19576]. Serpe not Latinized, original genus as above based on index entry on p. xxxvi. Spelled humbol in Risso 1820:266 [ref. 15557]. •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:46 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:26 [ref. 36649]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

imperceptum, Myctophum Becker [V. E.] & Borodulina [O. D.] 1971:422 [332], Fig. 4 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 484] Pacific, 9°30'S, 156°30'E, Vityaz station 6052, surface. Holotype: ZIN 39910. Paratypes: (3). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:78 [ref. 37828]. On p. 332 of English translation. Based on specimens and literature citations. •Questionably a synonym of Myctophum obtusirostre Tåning 1928 -- (Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440]). •Valid as Myctophum imperceptum (Becker & Borodulina 1971) -- (Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:69 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum imperceptum Becker & Borodulina 1971. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Pacific. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Scopelus Day [F.] 1877:507, Pl. 118 (fig. 2) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] Vizagapatam, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F1337 (disintegrated). Day specimens: BMNH 1889.2.1.22322-34 (3), NMW 58448 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762]. •Questionably valid as Myctophum indicum (Day 1877) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Uncertain as Myctophum indicum (Day 1877). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

lobiancoi, Stylophthalmus Mazzarelli [G.] 1909:187 [Rivista Mensile di Pesca e Idrobiologia (Pavia) Anno 11 (no. 9-12); ref. 17617] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

lunatum, Myctophum Becker [V. E.] & Borodulina [O. D.] 1978:110, Fig. 1 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P. P. Shirshova v. 111; ref. 8958] Northern Indian Ocean, 7°26'S, 124°13'E, surface. Holotype: ZIN 43261. Paratypes: IOM (14). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:78 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Myctophum lunatum Becker & Borodulina 1978 -- (Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:69 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum lunatum Becker & Borodulina 1978. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

margaritatum, Myctophum Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:596, Pl. 68 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Off southern coast of Molokai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3830, from the surface. Holotype: USNM 51536. Paratypes: (62) CAS-SU 8573 (1), 8624 (11); USNM 51520 (1), 51528-36 (4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 5, 9, 3, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:20 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:172 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:453 [ref. 15273], Mundy 2005:229 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2024:236 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

nitidulum, Myctophum Garman [S.] 1899:266, Pl. 56 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Northeast of Hawaiian Islands, 27°50'N, 145°45'30"W, surface. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28493. •Valid as Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:172 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:174 [ref. 14275], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:472 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:66 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:313 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:266 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Hulley 1990:453 [ref. 15273], Shinohara et al. 1994:66 [ref. 22800], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], Shinohara et al. 1996:167 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:49 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:49 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:667 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:166 [ref. 24555], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24203], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:383 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:116 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:141 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:383 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:203, 535 [ref. 26218], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:56 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Savinykh et al. 2004:658 [ref. 27937], Love et al. 2005:45 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:229 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:256 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:526 [ref. 28994], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Fricke et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33932], Parin et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33547], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:83 [ref. 37485], Robertson & Clements 2015:670 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1916 [ref. 34576], Carneiro et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:209 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:70 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:192 [ref. 39448], Grove et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:236 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021], Rodríguez Zanchin et al. 2025:6 [ref. 42150], Su et al. 2025:129 [ref. 42182]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

novaeseelandiae, Scopelus (Myctophum) Steindachner [F.] 1900:177 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 37 (no. 16) (for 21 June 1900); ref. 20498] New Zealand. Holotype (unique): UMB 4667 (apparently lost). Type catalog: Wahlert 1955:326 [ref. 21527]. Species originally as novae seelandiae, correction mandatory; later described in more detail in Steindachner 1900:513 [p. 31 of separate] [ref. 14892]. •Questionably valid in Myctophum -- (Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440]). Current status: Uncertain as Myctophum novaeseelandiae (Steindachner 1900). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

oceanicus, Rhinoscopelus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:168 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] 10°57'N, 137°35'W, Pacific, southeast of Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50622. Paratypes: USNM 126653 [ex USFC 2736] (1). •Questionably a synonym of Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440]). •Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 -- (Mundy 2005:229 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

opalinum, Myctophum Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:72, Pl. 22 (fig. 81) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Gulf Stream, western Atlantic. Lectotype: USNM 43808. Paralectotypes: MCZ 27684 [ex USNM 43799] (1); USNM 43798-99 (11, 30), 43800 (1), 43802-07 (1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 20), 43809 (1), 92816 (1), 147799 [ex 43807] (1), 147800 and 147801 [ex 43808] (1, 1), 150700 (1). Lectotype established by Jordan & Evermann 1896:571 [ref. 2443] or else by Paxton 1979: [ref. 6440]. •Questionably a synonym of Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892) -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Koerber 2024:43 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Uncertain as Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

ovcharovi, Myctophum Tsarin [S. A.] 1993:21, Fig. 1 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 33 (no. 1); ref. 20789] Indian Ocean, 8°03'N, 54°58'E, depth 75 meters. Holotype: ZIN 50222. Paratypes: (many). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:79 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Myctophum ovcharovi Tsarin 1993 -- (Savinykh & Balanov 1999:423 [ref. 24871], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:69 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum ovcharovi Tsarin 1993. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

punctatum, Myctophum Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:35, 56, Pl. 2 (fig. 5) [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:472 [ref. 13675], Scott & Scott 1988:227 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:109 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273], Golani 1994:38 [ref. 23162], Hulley in Okamura et al. 1995:105 [ref. 22531], Santos et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:49 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:39 [ref. 24203], Craddock, Bañón Díaz et al. 2001:289 [ref. 26424], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:46 [ref. 26753], Hartel & Flescher in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:204 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:24 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:61 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:26 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:34 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:917 [ref. 33112], Afonso et al. 2016:29, 224 [ref. 36199], Bañón et al. 2016:312 [ref. 34397], Hulley 2016:1917 [ref. 34576], Dolgov et al. 2018:89 [ref. 41055], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:105 [ref. 36370], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:101 [ref. 37117], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:69 [ref. 37828], Bariche & Fricke 2020:52 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:208 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:56 [ref. 38883], Dalyan et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38892], Golani 2021:25 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39014], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505], Alkhalili et al. 2025:7965 [ref. 42636], Kobyliansky et al. 2025:885 [ref. 42663]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: North Atlantic to the Arctic region; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

sloviancae, Stylophthalmoides Sanzo [L.] 1920 Probably a misspelling of Stylophthalmus lobiancoi Sanzo 1920 [ref. 12984], forming "sloviancae" from S. lobiancoi. Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae.