WoRMS taxon details
Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944)
272732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272732)
accepted
Species
Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944 · unaccepted
Hierops thompsoni (Chapman, 1944) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944) Chapman, W. M. (1944). A new name for Myctophum oculeum Chapman. <em>Copeia.</em> 1944 (no. 1): 54-55. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272732 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944) Chapman, W. M. (1944). A new name for Myctophum oculeum Chapman. <em>Copeia.</em> 1944 (no. 1): 54-55. [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bigeye lanternfish | [details] |
| French | télescope à grands yeux | [details] |
| Japanese | オオメハダカ | [details] |
| Russian | Протомиктоф Томпсона | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protomyctophum thompsoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Hierops thompsoni (Chapman, 1944))
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protomyctophum thompsoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Hierops thompsoni (Chapman, 1944))
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Electrona thompsoni Chapman, 1944)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
