v2023-Aug-04

COPEPEDIA
Myctophidae
Gill, 1893
T5000045       Quick-Link [ https://copepedia.org/?id=T5000045 ]
Family ( WoRMS-Aphia: 0125498 | ITIS: 0162575 )
WoRMS taxon status is:   "accepted"
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Myctophiformes
   


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while light-blue dots indicate locations of "presence-only"/non-quantitative observations ( obs globally).
Yellow Stars show locations of any time series reporting this taxa or group ( sites globally).
 
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MOLECULAR Info


barcodes
TIME-SERIES Info


sites

This Family currently has 37 taxonomic siblings (listed below) and an expanded tree of 307 members (self + siblings + sub-siblings).

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#Distribution MapTaxonomic SiblingsPHOTOs
1
Aethoprora   unaccepted
suggested   Diaphus
Genus   [ "unaccepted" ]   T5001428
suggested TAXAcode:   T5000485
WoRMS-ID:   295928

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
no photos
currently available
2
  Benthosema
Goode & Bean, 1896
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000281
WoRMS-ID:   125815

# of direct Siblings:   5
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   5
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   2072
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   20467
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   68
no photos
currently available
3
  Bolinichthys
Paxton, 1972
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000292
WoRMS-ID:   125816

# of direct Siblings:   7
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   7
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   160
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   2816
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   50
no photos
currently available
4
  Centrobranchus
Fowler, 1904
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000356
WoRMS-ID:   125817

# of direct Siblings:   4
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   4
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   603
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   736
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   15
no photos
currently available
5
  Ceratoscopelus
Gu00fcnther, 1864
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000366
WoRMS-ID:   125818

# of direct Siblings:   3
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   3
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   7220
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   25291
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   272
no photos
currently available
6
Ctenoscopelus   unaccepted
suggested   Myctophum
Genus   [ "unaccepted" ]   T5000075
suggested TAXAcode:   T5000043
WoRMS-ID:   296442

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
no photos
currently available
7
Dasyscopelus   unaccepted
suggested   Myctophum
Genus   [ "unaccepted" ]   T5027052
suggested TAXAcode:   T5000043
WoRMS-ID:   296480

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   872
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   12
no photos
currently available
8
  Diaphus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000485
WoRMS-ID:   125819

# of direct Siblings:   78
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   72
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   6713
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   14745
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   419
9
  Diogenichthys
Bolin, 1939
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000502
WoRMS-ID:   125820

# of direct Siblings:   3
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   3
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   14131
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   2258
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   28
no photos
currently available
10
  Electrona
Goode & Bean, 1896
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000532
WoRMS-ID:   125821

# of direct Siblings:   6
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   5
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   284
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   3210
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   66
no photos
currently available
11
  Gonichthys
Gistel, 1850
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000614
WoRMS-ID:   125822

# of direct Siblings:   4
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   4
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   2112
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   910
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   14
no photos
currently available
12
  Gymnoscopelus
Gu00fcnther, 1873
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5002650
WoRMS-ID:   205276

# of direct Siblings:   8
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   8
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   840
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   91
no photos
currently available
13
  Hintonia
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5014569
WoRMS-ID:   234555

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   12
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
no photos
currently available
14
  Hygophum
Bolin, 1939
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000693
WoRMS-ID:   125823

# of direct Siblings:   9
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   9
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   4953
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   5268
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   111
no photos
currently available
15
  Idiolychnus
Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1978
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5014590
WoRMS-ID:   205194

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   51
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
no photos
currently available
16
  Krefftichthys
Hulley, 1981
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5002693
WoRMS-ID:   234580

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   325
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   7
no photos
currently available
17
  Lampadena
Goode & Bean, 1893
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000756
WoRMS-ID:   125824

# of direct Siblings:   10
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   11
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   1832
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   2544
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   49
no photos
currently available
18
  Lampanyctodes
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5002701
WoRMS-ID:   203917

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   1553
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   5
no photos
currently available
19
  Lampanyctus
Bonaparte, 1840
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000760
WoRMS-ID:   125825

# of direct Siblings:   36
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   23
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   2017
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   9090
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   153
20
  Lampichthys
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5002702
WoRMS-ID:   204617

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   180
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   7
no photos
currently available
21
  Lepidophanes
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000774
WoRMS-ID:   125826

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   2
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   115
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   1700
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   78
no photos
currently available
22
  Lobianchia
Gatti, 1904
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000816
WoRMS-ID:   158899

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   2
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   183
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   2810
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   36
no photos
currently available
23
  Loweina
Fowler, 1925
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001545
WoRMS-ID:   125828

# of direct Siblings:   3
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   3
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   379
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   154
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   6
no photos
currently available
24
  Metelectrona
Wisner, 1963
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5002758
WoRMS-ID:   206941

# of direct Siblings:   3
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   3
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   137
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   16
no photos
currently available
25 no maps
currently available
  Myctophinae
Subfamily   [ "accepted" ]   T5033650
WoRMS-ID:   395001

# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   137
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   16
no photos
currently available
26
  Myctophum
Rafinesque, 1810
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000043
WoRMS-ID:   125829

# of direct Siblings:   17
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   16
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   3623
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   6020
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   95
no photos
currently available
27
  Nannobrachium
Gu00fcnther, 1887
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001651
WoRMS-ID:   158908

# of direct Siblings:   17
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   16
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   14725
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   3266
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   122
no photos
currently available
28
  Notolychnus
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000994
WoRMS-ID:   125830

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   1939
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   2196
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   16
no photos
currently available
29
  Notoscopelus
Gu00fcnther, 1864
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5000996
WoRMS-ID:   125831

# of direct Siblings:   6
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   7
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   1568
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   3446
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   54
no photos
currently available
30
  Parvilux
Hubbs & Wisner, 1964
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001583
WoRMS-ID:   270310

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   2
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   71
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   24
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   3
no photos
currently available
31
  Protomyctophum
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001142
WoRMS-ID:   125832

# of direct Siblings:   14
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   13
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   13019
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   4238
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   37
32
  Scopelopsis
Brauer, 1906
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5002922
WoRMS-ID:   204358

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   1
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   256
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   8
no photos
currently available
33
  Stenobrachius
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001288
WoRMS-ID:   254362

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   2
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   14429
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   9946
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   26
no photos
currently available
34
  Symbolophorus
Bolin & Wisner, 1959
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001309
WoRMS-ID:   125833

# of direct Siblings:   8
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   8
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   6072
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   4450
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   40
no photos
currently available
35
  Taaningichthys
Bolin, 1959
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001331
WoRMS-ID:   125834

# of direct Siblings:   3
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   3
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   20
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   764
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   33
no photos
currently available
36
  Tarletonbeania
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001333
WoRMS-ID:   271040

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   2
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   5392
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   2050
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   5
37
  Triphoturus
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Genus   [ "accepted" ]   T5001635
WoRMS-ID:   205908

# of direct Siblings:   3
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   3
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   16063
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   1184
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   9
no photos
currently available

Last Updated:   2023-Aug-04