thompsoni, Electrona Chapman [W. M.] 1944:54 [Copeia 1944 (no. 1); ref. 17988] Northeastern Pacific off Simeonof Island, Alaska Peninsula, U.S.A., 54°15'N, 158°23'W. Holotype: USNM 108146. Paratypes: (37) CAS-SU 34470 (1); MCZ 28500 (7), 34945-46 (24, 4), 35162 (1), 35182 (1), 35183 (10), 35185 (1), 35187 (1), 35189 (2); USNM 108158-59 (1, 1), 120422 [ex MCZ 28500] (1). Replacement name for Myctophum oculeum Chapman 1939, preoccupied by Myctophum oculeum Garman 1899. •Valid as Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman 1944) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:65 [ref. 6441], Peden et al. 1985:7 [ref. 24081], Matarese et al. 1989:152 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:111 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1994:65 [ref. 22800], Shinohara et al. 1996:167 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:381 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:22 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:248 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:381 [ref. 26001], Fedorov et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:46 [ref. 37547], Parin et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:25 [ref. 34694], Burton & Lea 2019:47 [ref. 37205], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:72 [ref. 37828], Love et al. 2021:72 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman 1944). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: North Pacific: northern Japan north to southern Bering Sea, then Alaska south to central California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.