minima, Lampadena Tåning [A. V.] 1928:63 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 86; ref. 15877] Eastern Atlantic [ca. 180 kilometers southwest of São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands], 15°50'N, 26°32'W, depth about 350 meters. Lectotype: ZMUC P2329221. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:37 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype selected by Nafpaktitis 1973:37 [ref. 10436]. •Valid as Taaningichthys minimus (Tåning 1928) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:198 [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 1988:233 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:111 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:466 [ref. 15273], Arruda 1997:50 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:675 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1964 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:379 [ref. 25086], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:152 [ref. 27754], 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], Shinohara et al. 2005:412 [ref. 28370], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Robertson & Clements 2015:680 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1928 [ref. 34576], Carneiro et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:220 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Taaningichthys minimus (Tåning 1928). Myctophidae: Lampanyctinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. Habitat: marine.