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Species in the genus Protomyctophum: [ 17 ] records

andriashevi, Protomyctophum Becker [V. E.] 1963:19, Fig. 2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 4155] South Atlantic, 42°16'S, 39°00'W, depth 312-332 [or 228-234] meters. Holotype: ZIN 36803. Paratypes: (4) + (1). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:77 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker 1963 -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:317 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:170 [ref. 21685], Miller 1993:519 [ref. 21297], Pequeño 1997:81 [ref. 23536]). •Valid as Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker 1963 -- (Prokofiev 2004:73 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:220 [ref. 32059], Robertson & Clements 2015:675 [ref. 34257], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:70 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:214 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Protomyctophum). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker 1963. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

arcticus, Scopelus Lütken [C. F.] 1892:207 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1891; ref. 13407] Davis Strait, Greenland. Lectotype: ZMUC 81. Paralectotypes: ZMUC 87x (1), 89x (1), 93 (1), 97x (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:42 [ref. 9588] with lectotype selected by Wisner (in press). Also appeared in Lütken 1892:(236) 249 [29], Fig. 6 [ref. 2858]. •Valid as Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken 1892) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:196 [ref. 7181], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:479 [ref. 13675], Scott & Scott 1988:231 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:110 [ref. 14674], Santos et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23531], Porteiro et al. 1999:40 [ref. 24203], Bañón Díaz et al. 2001:290 [ref. 26424], Moore et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27076], Møller et al. 2010:34 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Afonso et al. 2016:29, 257 [ref. 36199], Hulley 2016:1924 [ref. 34576], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:107 [ref. 36370], Carneiro et al. 2019:126 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:213 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Hierops, Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken 1892). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic areas. Habitat: marine.

beckeri, Protomyctophum (Hierops) Wisner [R. L.] 1971:39 [Copeia 1971 (no. 1); ref. 7711] Central Pacific [southeast of Hawai'i Island, Hawaiian Islands], 17°09'N, 153°57.2'W, depth 0-2100 meters. Holotype: SIO 60-249. Paratypes: BPBM 9793 [ex SIO 70-65] (1); SIO 60-241 (1), 70-65 (1); USNM 205474 [ex SIO 70-65] (1). •Valid as Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner 1971 -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Shinohara et al. 1994:65 [ref. 22800], Mundy 2005:233 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner 1971. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands to Line Islands. Habitat: marine.

bolini, Electrona (Protomyctophum) Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1949:1045, 1099, Fig. on p. 1045, Fig. 12 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London v. 118 (pt 4); ref. 1496] South Atlantic, 45°17.9'S, 18°57.7'E, depth 500 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1948.5.14.1. Paratypes: (7) BMNH 1948.5.14.2-6 (5). Additional material: BMNH (7). •Valid as Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) bolini (Fraser Brunner 1949) -- (Prokofiev 2004:73 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:224 [ref. 32059]). •Valid as Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner 1949) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:317 [ref. 5672], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Fujii & Saito in Amaoka et al. 1990:144 [ref. 16024], Hulley 1990:171 [ref. 21685], Miller 1993:521 [ref. 21297], Olaso et al. 1997:83 [ref. 25009], Robertson & Clements 2015:675 [ref. 34257]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner 1949). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.

chilensis, Protomyctophum (Hierops) Wisner [R. L.] 1971:39, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1971 (no. 1); ref. 7711] Southeastern Pacific off Chile, 33°07'S, 73°09'W, depth 0-400 meters. Holotype: SIO 65-665. Paratypes: CAS 24872 [ex SIO 65-665] (1); LACM 10332 (7); SIO 65-622 (1), 65-665 (orig. 5, now 3), 65-667 (5), 69-320 (3); USNM 205473 [ex SIO 65-665] (1). •Valid as Protomyctophum chilensis Wisner 1971 -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440]). •Valid as Protomyctophum chilense Wisner 1971 -- (Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum chilense Wisner 1971. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

choriodon, Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) Hulley [P. A.] 1981:20, Fig. 10a [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 31 (Beiheft 1); ref. 2276] Southwestern Atlantic, 35°47'S, 52°52'W, Walther Herwig station 417/66, depth 270 meters. Holotype: ISH 1541-1966a. Paratypes: ISH 1541-1966b-g (6). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:80 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley 1981 -- (Hulley 1986:317 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:172 [ref. 21685], Frolkina et al. 1998:132 [ref. 24763], Prokofiev 2004:73 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:228 [ref. 32059], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley 1981. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.

crockeri, Electrona Bolin [R. L.] 1939:98, Fig. 4 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 508] Outer Santa Barbara Passage, California, U.S.A., 33°11'00"N, 119°21'30"W, 800 meters of wire out. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 33683 [ex CAS-SU 33656]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:19 [ref. 12291]. See Mecklenburg et al. 2002:245 [ref. 25968]. •Valid as Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin 1939) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:65 [ref. 6441], Peden & Hughes 1986:3 [ref. 9714], Matarese et al. 1989:150 [ref. 26885], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:110 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1994:64 [ref. 22800], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], Nakabo 2000:381 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:381 [ref. 26001], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:46 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:25 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:348 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:47 [ref. 37205], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:70 [ref. 37828], Love et al. 2021:72 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin 1939). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: North Pacific and eastern Pacific: northern Japan eastward, then southern British Columbia (Canada) south to Chile. Habitat: marine.

gemmatum, Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) Hulley [P. A.] 1981:23, Fig. 13c [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 31 (Beiheft 1); ref. 2276] Southwest Atlantic, 40°18'S, 35°07'W, Walther Herwig station 367/71, depth about 2000 meters. Holotype: ISH 734-1971a. Paratypes: ISH 734-1971b-e (4). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:81 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley 1981 -- (Hulley 1986:318 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:173 [ref. 21685]). •Valid as Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) gemmatum Hulley 1981 -- (Prokofiev 2004:73 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:232 [ref. 32059]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley 1981. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Habitat: marine.

kolaevi, Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) Prokofiev [A. M.] 2004:71, Fig. 3 [Beaufortia v. 54 (no. 4); ref. 28609] Off Balleny Islands, 66°06'S, 161°38"E, depth 540-500 meters. Holotype: ZIN 46004. Paratypes: ZIN 52711 (2). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:78 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Protomyctophum kolaevi Prokofiev 2004 -- (Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:71 [ref. 37828]). •Synonym of Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley 1981 -- (Duhamel et al. 2014:343 [ref. 39914]). Current status: Synonym of Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley 1981. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

luciferum, Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) Hulley [P. A.] 1981:27, Fig. 13b [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 31 (Beiheft 1); ref. 2276] Southwestern Atlantic, 34°01'S, 47°39'W, Walther Herwig station 28-II/68, depth about 2000 meters. Holotype: ISH 1564-1968a. Paratypes: ISH 1564-1968b-j (9). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:81 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley 1981 -- (Hulley 1986:318 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:174 [ref. 21685]). •Valid as Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) luciferum Hulley 1981 -- (Prokofiev 2004:74 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:234 [ref. 32059], Sutton et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley 1981. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

mcginnisi, Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) Prokofiev [A. M.] 2004:68, Fig. 2 [Beaufortia v. 54 (no. 4); ref. 28609] Off South Shetland Islands, South Atlantic, about 60-65°S, 60-65°W. Holotype: ZIN 39057. Paratypes: ZIN 39057a (1). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:78 [ref. 37828]. •Valid as Protomyctophum mcginnisi Prokofiev 2004 -- (Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:71 [ref. 37828] as meginnisi). •Synonym of Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner 1949) -- (Duhamel et al. 2014:343 [ref. 39914]). Current status: Synonym of Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner 1949). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

normani, Myctophum Tåning [A. V.] 1932:127, Fig. 2 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 94; ref. 5031] East of New Zealand, 41°47'S, 176°55'E, depth about 100 meters. Holotype: ZMUC P2329231. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:40 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Protomyctophum normani (Tåning 1932) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:318 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:268 [ref. 12442], Hulley 1990:175 [ref. 21685], Prokofiev 2004:74 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:236 [ref. 32059], Paxton et al. 2006:528 [ref. 28994], Robertson & Clements 2015:676 [ref. 34257], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:71 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Protomyctophum). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum normani (Tåning 1932). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

oculeum, Myctophum Chapman [W. M.] 1939:524, Fig. 65 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 86 (no. 3062); ref. 817] 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). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:21 [ref. 12291]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Myctophum oculeum Garman 1899, replaced by Myctophum thompsoni Chapman 1944. •Objective synonym of Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman 1944) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Parin et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33547]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman 1944). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

parallelum, Myctophum Lönnberg [E.] 1905:764 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 28 (no. 23); ref. 15369] South Atlantic, 48°27'S, 42°36'W [or 44°36'W], open net to depth of 2500 meters. Holotype (unique): NRM 43056. Also appeared as new in Lönnberg 1905:62 [ref. 2839]. •Valid as Protomyctophum (Hierops) parallelum (Lönnberg 1905) -- (Prokofiev 2004:74 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:218 [ref. 32059]). •Valid as Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg 1905) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:316 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:268 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Hulley 1990:169 [ref. 21685], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:529 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:292 [ref. 30633], Robertson & Clements 2015:676 [ref. 34257], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:71 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:213 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Hierops). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg 1905). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

subparallelum, Myctophum arcticum Tåning [A. V.] 1932:128 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 94; ref. 5031] Cook Strait, New Zealand, 41°47'S, 176°55'E, depth about 350 meters. Lectotype: ZMUC P2329223. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:39 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Nafpaktitis 1973:4 [ref. 10436]. •Valid as Protomyctophum (Hierops) subparallelum (Tåning 1932) -- (Prokofiev 2004:74 [ref. 28609]). •Valid as Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning 1932) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:316 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:268 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Hulley 1990:169 [ref. 21685], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:529 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:292 [ref. 30633], Robertson & Clements 2015:677 [ref. 34257], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:71 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:214 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Hierops). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning 1932). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

tenisoni, Myctophum Norman [J. R.] 1930:321, Fig. 27 [Discovery Reports v. 2; ref. 3219] South Atlantic, 46°25'S, 15°13'E, depth 96 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1930.1.12.604. Paratypes: BMNH 1930.1.12.605-611 (8). •Valid as Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman 1930) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1986:318 [ref. 5672], Pequeño 1989:38 [ref. 14125], Hulley 1990:176 [ref. 21685], Miller 1993:523 [ref. 21297], Prokofiev 2004:73 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:238 [ref. 32059], Nión et al. 2016:38 [ref. 35565], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:72 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman 1930). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

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.