Species that contain: Myctophum and laternatum [ 2 ] records

atlanticum, Myctophum laternatum Tåning [A. V.] 1928:56 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 86; ref. 15877] Eastern Atlantic [ca. 570 kilometers west of Iouik, Mauritania], 20°00'N, 21°55'W. Lectotype: ZMUC P2329229. Paralectotypes: ZMUC P2329230 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:39 [ref. 9588]. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Tåning 1931, Figs. 1-2. Lectotype selected by Nafpaktitis 1973:12 [ref. 10436]. •Valid as Diogenichthys atlanticus (Tåning 1928) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:181 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:10 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:450 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:66 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:296 [ref. 5672], Scott & Scott 1988:216 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:260 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:37 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:116 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:105 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:422 [ref. 15273], Boschung 1992:72 [ref. 23239], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1320 [ref. 22830], Santos et al. 1997:46 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:45 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:647 [ref. 23897], Porteiro et al. 1999:35 [ref. 24203], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:381 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:109 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:117 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:381 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:44 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:220 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:412 [ref. 28370], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:255 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:518 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:277 [ref. 30633], Fricke et al. 2011:361 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:29 [ref. 33932], Robertson & Clements 2015:650 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1898 [ref. 34576], Burton & Lea 2019:46 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:118 [ref. 37250], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:57 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:186 [ref. 37832], Kovačić et al. 2021:88 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:67 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:191 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diogenichthys atlanticus (Tåning 1928). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

laternatum, Myctophum Garman [S.] 1899:267, Pl. 56 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Mexico and Central America [eastern Pacific], 7°06'-27°39'40"N, 79°48'-111°00'30"W, Albatross station 3388, 3414, 3437, depth surface-1168 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28492 (7), 35186 (2), 35188 (1), 41788 (1); YPM 3703 [ex MCZ 28492] (1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:20 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Diogenys laternatus (Garman 1899) -- (authors). •Valid as Diogenichthys laternatus (Garman 1899) -- (Paxton 1979:10 [ref. 6440], Pequeño 1989:37 [ref. 14125], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1320 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:233 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:165 [ref. 24555], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Chen 2002:119 [ref. 26587], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:44 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:221 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:255 [ref. 28944], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:454 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Carneiro et al. 2019:119 [ref. 37250], Love et al. 2021:68 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diogenichthys laternatus (Garman 1899). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and equatorial Pacific from 170°W eastward; eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.