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Myctophum
Taxonomy
Myctophum was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophydae by Girone et al. (2006); to Myctophini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013) and Denton (2013); to Myctophinae by Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019); and to Myctophidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Heinrich (1969), Ciobanu (1977), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Bedini et al. (1986), Gaudant et al. (1996), Stringer (1998), Constantin (1999), Gaudant et al. (2005), Gaudant et al. (2006), Gaudant (2008), Schwarzhans (2019) and Argyriou (2022).
It was assigned to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophydae by Girone et al. (2006); to Myctophini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013) and Denton (2013); to Myctophinae by Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019); and to Myctophidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Heinrich (1969), Ciobanu (1977), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Bedini et al. (1986), Gaudant et al. (1996), Stringer (1998), Constantin (1999), Gaudant et al. (2005), Gaudant et al. (2006), Gaudant (2008), Schwarzhans (2019) and Argyriou (2022).
Species
M. affine, M. americanum, M. antelaternatum, M. arcanum, M. asperum, M. bortonensis, M. braueri, M. columnae, M. danielli, M. degraciai, M. dorsale, M. evermanni, M. jacksoni, M. licatae, M. mundulum, M. murbani, M. nitidulum, M. normani, M. oroseinum, M. praepterotum, M. pulchrum, M. punctatum, M. robustus, M. selenops, M. spinosum, M. splendidum, M. tamumuensis, M. tenellum, M. unicum, M. weileri
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1810 | Myctophum Rafinesque |
| 1925 | Myctophum Arambourg p. 65 |
| 1927 | Myctophum Arambourg p. 42 |
| 1969 | Myctophum Heinrich p. 16 |
| 1977 | Myctophum Ciobanu p. 92 |
| 1978 | Myctophum Schwarzhans p. 6 |
| 1980 | Myctophum Schwarzhans p. 59 |
| 1983 | Myctophum Nolf and Steurbaut p. 158 |
| 1986 | Myctophum Bedini et al. p. 21 |
| 1996 | Myctophum Gaudant et al. p. 138 |
| 1998 | Myctophum Stringer p. 150 |
| 1999 | Myctophum Constantin |
| 2002 | Myctophum Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Myctophum Gaudant et al. p. 692 |
| 2006 | Myctophum Gaudant et al. p. 796 |
| 2006 | Myctophum Girone et al. p. 656 |
| 2008 | Myctophum Gaudant p. 215 |
| 2012 | Myctophum Fierstine et al. p. 51 |
| 2013 | Myctophum Denton p. 790 |
| 2013 | Myctophum Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 100 |
| 2018 | Myctophum Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
| 2019 | Myctophum Schwarzhans p. 42 |
| 2019 | Myctophum Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 366 |
| 2022 | Myctophum Argyriou p. 108 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Myctophum Rafinesque 1810
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Myctophum affine Lütken 1892
†Myctophum americanum Frizzell and Dante 1965
†Myctophum antelaternatum Ciobanu 1977
†Myctophum arcanum Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Myctophum asperum Richardson 1845
†Myctophum bortonensis Schwarzhans 2019
Myctophum braueri Lönnberg 1905
†Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873
†Myctophum danielli D'Erasmo 1929
†Myctophum degraciai Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870
Myctophum evermanni Gilbert 1905
†Myctophum jacksoni Aguilera and de Aguilera 2001
†Myctophum licatae Sauvage 1880
†Myctophum mundulum Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Myctophum murbani Weinfurter 1952
Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899
Myctophum normani Tåning 1932
†Myctophum oroseinum Dieni 1968
†Myctophum praepterotum Ciobanu 1977
†Myctophum pulchrum Procharzky 1893
Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 [spotted lanternfish]
†Myctophum robustus Ciobanu 1977
†Myctophum selenops Taning 1928
Myctophum spinosum Steindachner 1867
†Myctophum splendidum Prochazka 1893 [horned lanternfish]
†Myctophum tamumuensis Schwarzhans 2019
†Myctophum tenellum Schwarzhans 2019
†Myctophum unicum Schwarzhans 1978
†Myctophum weileri Ciobanu 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 42.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma
Collections (102 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eocene | USA (Texas) | M. americanum (84145) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Texas) | M. americanum (84144 84147) | |
| Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | M. bortonensis (219322) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | M. weileri, M. praepterotum, M. robustus, M. antelaternatum (187379) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | M. punctatus (118106) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | M. pulchrum (161965) | |
| Clifdenian - Lillburnian | New Zealand (North Island) | M. tamumuensis (219541) | |
| Serravallian | USA (California) | M. sp. (149545) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia | M. splendidum (222420) | |
| Waiauan | New Zealand (North Island) | Hygophum murbani (219267) M. tamumuensis (219549) | |
| Tortonian | Greece (Crete) | M. coppa, M. sp. (207584 207587) M. fitchi, M. sp. (207588 207589) M. licatae (207356) M. punctatum (207586) M. sp., M. licatae (207355) | |
| Tortonian | Greece | M. licatae (60775 185752) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | M. degraciai (219220 219221 219222) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | M. affine, M. arcanum, M. degraciai (219219) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | M. coppa, M. fitchi, M. punctatum (70491) M. fitchi (178120 187503 187506 187596) M. fitchi, M. punctatum (78437 187504 187507) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Greece (Crete) | M. fitchi (207593) | |
| Tongaporutuan | New Zealand (North Island) | Hygophum murbani (219269) M. tenellum (219553 219554) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Germany | M. debile, M. pulchrum (223566) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Crete) | M. coppa (207592) M. fitchi (207591) M. licatae, M. dorsale (207364 207365 207366) | |
| Messinian | Panama | M. affine (219199) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | M. clumnae, M. dainelli, M. sp. (210628) M. columnae, M. dorsale (186580) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | M. coppa (172914 199859 199860 220503) M. sp. (113998) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | M. dainellii, M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, M. dorsale (186578) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Leuciscus dorsalis, M. columnae, M. dorsale (185692) M. columnae (186579) M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis (210640) M. dainelli, M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis (210251) M. dainellii, M. columnae, Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, M. dorsale (186576) M. dainellii, M. probenoili, M. columnae, M. dorsale (186577) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | M. affine (75042) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicile) | M. licatae, M. dorsale (210669) | |
| Messinian | Spain | M. licatae (210671) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | M. probenoili, M. licatae, M. columnae, M. dorsale (59256) | |
| Messinian | Greece | M. licatae, M. dorsale (207361) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | M. columnae (186631 219784) M. licatae, M. columnae, M. dorsale (186582 186583) M. licatae, M. dorsale (186585) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Zakynthos) | M. coppa (207583) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | M. oroseinum, M. unicum (223700) M. puncatum (210257) | |
| Zanclean | Venezuela | M. jacksoni (219232) M. murbani (219229) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Sicily) | M. sp., M. oroseinum (223702) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | M. sp., M. affine (186673) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | M. jacksoni (219205) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | Gymnoscopelus braueri (219644) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | M. jacksoni (135855 136315 136461) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Hane) | Symbolophorus evermanni (219771 219775 219776) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Okinawa) | Symbolophorus evermanni (219767) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | M. fitchi (207357) M. sp. (207303) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | M. punctatum (159096) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207571) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Zakynthos) | M. punctatum (207576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | M. punctatum (159378 159455 159823) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Kephallonia) | M. punctatum (207577) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207578) | |
| Nukumaruan | New Zealand (South Island) | Protomyctophum normani (219643) | |
| Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207575) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | M. punctatum (159288) | |
| Calabrian | Japan | M. spinosum (219777) | |
| Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | M. punctatum (207568 207570) | |
| Ionian | Italy | M. punctatum (159361) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. nitidulum (219857) |