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Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner, 1949 
AphiaID: 125832

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Myctophidae
Synonymised
taxa		  Hierops
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Protomyctophum (Hierops)
  » Species Protomyctophum (Hierops) arcticum (Lütken, 1892) represented as Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892) (alternate representation)
Species Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963
Species Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)
Species Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner, 1971
Species Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
Species Protomyctophum chilense Wisner, 1971
Species Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981
Species Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939)
Species Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981
Species Protomyctophum kolaevi Prokofiev, 2004
Species Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981
Species Protomyctophum mcginnisi Prokofiev, 2005
Species Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932)
Species Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905)
Species Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932)
Species Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930)
Species Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944)

Species Protomyctophum anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905) accepted as Krefftichthys anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905)
Species Protomyctophum chilensis Wisner, 1971 accepted as Protomyctophum chilense Wisner, 1971
Species Protomyctophum paralellum (Lönnberg, 1905) accepted as Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125832
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 14:35:28Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner, 1949. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125832 on 2013-05-19
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