paurolychnus, Taaningichthys Davy [B.] 1972:71, Fig. 4 [United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 70 (no. 1); ref. 7607] Off northern Baja California, Mexico [eastern Pacific], 31°N, 119°W. Holotype: SIO 70-19. Paratypes: BMNH 1980.1.11.1 (1); LACM (3); MMF 22115 (1); NMFSH (2); SIO 67-102 (2), 70-20 (2); USNM 206233-34 (1, 1); VNIRO (1); ZIN 39908 (1); ZMUC P2330669 (1). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:79 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Taaningichthys paurolychnus Davy 1972 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:198 [ref. 7181], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:483 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:68 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1990:467 [ref. 15273], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:676 [ref. 23897], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1964 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:379 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:379 [ref. 26001], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Love et al. 2005:47 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:234 [ref. 28379], Hulley 2016:1928 [ref. 34576], Burton & Lea 2019:47 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37250], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:52 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:219 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:15 [ref. 41317]). Current status: Valid as Taaningichthys paurolychnus Davy 1972. Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas, but except South Pacific. Habitat: marine.