Species that contain: Myctophum and punctatum [ 5 ] records

caninianus, Scopelus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:445 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN 1888-0150 (not found). •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

heideri, Scopelus Steindachner [F.] 1881:99 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 18 (no. 11) (for 5 May 1881); ref. 20484] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: NMW 58592 (2). Species described in more detail in Steindachner 1881:401 [p. 9 in separate] [ref. 4232]. •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

humboldti, Gasteropelecus Risso [A.] 1810:xxxvi, 358, Pl. 10 (fig. 38) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1470 (3). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:10-11 [ref. 19576]. Serpe not Latinized, original genus as above based on index entry on p. xxxvi. Spelled humbol in Risso 1820:266 [ref. 15557]. •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:46 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:26 [ref. 36649]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

lobiancoi, Stylophthalmus Mazzarelli [G.] 1909:187 [Rivista Mensile di Pesca e Idrobiologia (Pavia) Anno 11 (no. 9-12); ref. 17617] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273]). Current status: Synonym of Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.

punctatum, Myctophum Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:35, 56, Pl. 2 (fig. 5) [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:171 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:472 [ref. 13675], Scott & Scott 1988:227 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:109 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:456 [ref. 15273], Golani 1994:38 [ref. 23162], Hulley in Okamura et al. 1995:105 [ref. 22531], Santos et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:49 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:39 [ref. 24203], Craddock, Bañón Díaz et al. 2001:289 [ref. 26424], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:46 [ref. 26753], Hartel & Flescher in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:204 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:24 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:61 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:26 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:34 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:917 [ref. 33112], Afonso et al. 2016:29, 224 [ref. 36199], Bañón et al. 2016:312 [ref. 34397], Hulley 2016:1917 [ref. 34576], Dolgov et al. 2018:89 [ref. 41055], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:105 [ref. 36370], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:101 [ref. 37117], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:69 [ref. 37828], Bariche & Fricke 2020:52 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:208 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:56 [ref. 38883], Dalyan et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38892], Golani 2021:25 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39014], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: North Atlantic to the Arctic region; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara. Habitat: marine.