bathyphila, Lampadena Tåning [A. V.] 1928:63 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 86; ref. 15877] Eastern Atlantic [ca. 400 kilometers southwest of El Hierro, Canary Islands], 25°11'N, 20°57'W, depth about 2000 meters (4000 meters of wire out). Lectotype: ZMUC P2329220. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:37 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Bolin 1959 [ref. 503]. •Valid as Taaningichthys bathyphilus (Tåning 1928) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:197 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:18 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:482 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:68 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:320 [ref. 5672], Scott & Scott 1988:232 [ref. 25518], Matarese et al. 1989:174 [ref. 26885], Paxton et al. 1989:269 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:111 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:465 [ref. 15273], Hulley 1990:178 [ref. 21685], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:674 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1964 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:379 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Chen 2002:159 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:379 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:47 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:234 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:530 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Robertson & Clements 2015:679 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1927 [ref. 34576], Nión et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:126 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:219 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:189 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:15 [ref. 41317], Koerber 2024:31 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Valid as Taaningichthys bathyphilus (Tåning 1928). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. Habitat: marine.