WoRMS taxon details
Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965
217700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217700)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Becker, V. E. (1965). The lantern fishes of the genus Hygophum (Myctophidae, Pisces). <em>Systematics and distribution. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova.</em> 80: 62-103. [In Russian, English summary. English translation appeared in Translation Series, Washington D.C. No. 45, 1970:1-55.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217700 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Becker, V. E. (1965). The lantern fishes of the genus Hygophum (Myctophidae, Pisces). <em>Systematics and distribution. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova.</em> 80: 62-103. [In Russian, English summary. English translation appeared in Translation Series, Washington D.C. No. 45, 1970:1-55.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Firefly lanternfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ツマリドングリハダカ | [details] |
| Russian | Индо-тихоокеанский хигоф | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hygophum proximum)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hygophum proximum, by SFSA)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hygophum proximum USNM 405012 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hygophum proximum USNM 405013 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hygophum proximum)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hygophum proximum, by SFSA)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hygophum proximum USNM 405012 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hygophum proximum USNM 405013 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
