Scientific Name |
Author |
English Name |
Benthosema fibulatum |
(Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) |
Spinycheek lanternfish |
Benthosema glaciale |
(Reinhardt, 1837) |
Glacier lantern fish |
Benthosema panamense |
(Tåning, 1932) |
Panama lanternfish |
Benthosema pterotum |
(Alcock, 1890) |
Skinnycheek lanternfish |
Benthosema suborbitale |
(Gilbert, 1913) |
Smallfin lanternfish |
Bolinichthys distofax |
Johnson, 1975 |
|
Bolinichthys indicus |
(Nafpaktitis & Nafpaktitis, 1969) |
Lanternfish |
Bolinichthys longipes |
(Brauer, 1906) |
Popeye lampfish |
Bolinichthys nikolayi |
Becker, 1978 |
Nikolay's lanternfish |
Bolinichthys photothorax |
(Parr, 1928) |
Spurcheek lanternfish |
Bolinichthys pyrsobolus |
(Alcock, 1890) |
Fiery lanternfish |
Bolinichthys supralateralis |
(Parr, 1928) |
Stubby lanternfish |
Centrobranchus andreae |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Andre's lanternfish |
Centrobranchus brevirostris |
Becker, 1964 |
|
Centrobranchus choerocephalus |
Fowler, 1904 |
|
Centrobranchus nigroocellatus |
(Günther, 1873) |
Roundnose lanternfish |
Ceratoscopelus maderensis |
(Lowe, 1839) |
Madeira lantern fish |
Ceratoscopelus townsendi |
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) |
Dogtooth lampfish |
Ceratoscopelus warmingii |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Warming's lantern fish |
Diaphus adenomus |
Gilbert, 1905 |
Gilbert's large lantern fish |
Diaphus aliciae |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus anderseni |
Tåning, 1932 |
Andersen's lantern fish |
Diaphus antonbruuni |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus arabicus |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus basileusi |
Becker & Prut'ko, 1984 |
|
Diaphus bertelseni |
Nafpaktitis, 1966 |
Bertelsen's lanternfish |
Diaphus brachycephalus |
Tåning, 1928 |
Short-headed lantern fish |
Diaphus burtoni |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus chrysorhynchus |
Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 |
Golden-nosed lantern fish |
Diaphus coeruleus |
(Klunzinger, 1871) |
Blue lantern fish |
Diaphus confusus |
Becker, 1992 |
|
Diaphus dahlgreni |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus danae |
Tåning, 1932 |
Dana lanternfish |
Diaphus dehaveni |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus diadematus |
Tåning, 1932 |
Crown lanternfish |
Diaphus diademophilus |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus drachmanni |
Tåning, 1932 |
Drachmann's lanternfish |
Diaphus dumerilii |
(Bleeker, 1856) |
|
Diaphus effulgens |
(Goode & Bean, 1896) |
Headlight fish |
Diaphus ehrhorni |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus faustinoi |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus fragilis |
Tåning, 1928 |
Fragile lantern fish |
Diaphus fulgens |
(Brauer, 1904) |
|
Diaphus garmani |
Gilbert, 1906 |
Garman's lanternfish |
Diaphus gigas |
Gilbert, 1913 |
|
Diaphus handi |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus holti |
Tåning, 1918 |
Small lantern fish |
Diaphus hudsoni |
Zurbrigg & Scott, 1976 |
Hudson's lanternfish |
Diaphus impostor |
Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 |
Imposter lanternfish |
Diaphus jenseni |
Tåning, 1932 |
Jensen's lanternfish |
Diaphus kapalae |
Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 |
Kapala lanternfish |
Diaphus knappi |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus kora |
Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 |
|
Diaphus kuroshio |
Kawaguchi & Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus lobatus |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus lucidus |
(Goode & Bean, 1896) |
Spotlight lanternfish |
Diaphus lucifrons |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus luetkeni |
(Brauer, 1904) |
Luetken's lanternfish |
Diaphus malayanus |
Weber, 1913 |
Malayan lanternfish |
Diaphus mascarensis |
Becker, 1990 |
|
Diaphus meadi |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
Mead's lanternfish |
Diaphus megalops |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus metopoclampus |
(Cocco, 1829) |
Spothead lantern fish |
Diaphus minax |
Nafpaktitis, 1968 |
|
Diaphus mollis |
Tåning, 1928 |
Soft lanternfish |
Diaphus nielseni |
Nafpaktitis, 1978 |
|
Diaphus ostenfeldi |
Tåning, 1932 |
Ostenfeld's lanternfish |
Diaphus pacificus |
Parr, 1931 |
Pacific headlightfish |
Diaphus pallidus |
Gjøsaeter, 1989 |
|
Diaphus parini |
Becker, 1992 |
|
Diaphus parri |
Tåning, 1932 |
Parr's lanternfish |
Diaphus perspicillatus |
(Ogilby, 1898) |
Transparent lantern fish |
Diaphus phillipsi |
Fowler, 1934 |
Bolin's lantern fish |
Diaphus problematicus |
Parr, 1928 |
Problematic lanternfish |
Diaphus rafinesquii |
(Cocco, 1838) |
White-spotted lantern fish |
Diaphus regani |
Tåning, 1932 |
Regan's lanternfish |
Diaphus richardsoni |
Tåning, 1932 |
|
Diaphus rivatoni |
Bourret, 1985 |
|
Diaphus roei |
Nafpaktitis, 1974 |
|
Diaphus sagamiensis |
Gilbert, 1913 |
|
Diaphus schmidti |
Tåning, 1932 |
|
Diaphus signatus |
Gilbert, 1908 |
|
Diaphus similis |
Wisner, 1974 |
|
Diaphus splendidus |
(Brauer, 1904) |
Horned lanternfish |
Diaphus suborbitalis |
Weber, 1913 |
|
Diaphus subtilis |
Nafpaktitis, 1968 |
|
Diaphus taaningi |
Norman, 1930 |
Slopewater lanternfish |
Diaphus termophilus |
Tåning, 1928 |
Taaning's lantern fish |
Diaphus theta |
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 |
California headlightfish |
Diaphus thiollierei |
Fowler, 1934 |
Thiolliere's lanternfish |
Diaphus trachops |
Wisner, 1974 |
|
Diaphus umbroculus |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus vanhoeffeni |
(Brauer, 1906) |
|
Diaphus watasei |
Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
Watases lanternfish |
Diaphus whitleyi |
Fowler, 1934 |
|
Diaphus wisneri |
Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 |
|
Diogenichthys atlanticus |
(Tåning, 1928) |
Longfin lanternfish |
Diogenichthys laternatus |
(Garman, 1899) |
Diogenes lanternfish |
Diogenichthys panurgus |
Bolin, 1946 |
|
Electrona antarctica |
(Günther, 1878) |
|
Electrona carlsbergi |
(Tåning, 1932) |
Electron subantarctic |
Electrona paucirastra |
Bolin, 1962 |
Belted lanternfish |
Electrona risso |
(Cocco, 1829) |
Electric lantern fish |
Electrona subaspera |
(Günther, 1864) |
Rough lanternfish |
Gonichthys barnesi |
Whitley, 1943 |
Barne's lanternfish |
Gonichthys cocco |
(Cocco, 1829) |
Cocco’s lanternfish |
Gonichthys tenuiculus |
(Garman, 1899) |
Slendertail lanternfish |
Gonichthys venetus |
Becker, 1964 |
|
Gymnoscopelus bolini |
Andriashev, 1962 |
Grand lanternfish |
Gymnoscopelus braueri |
(Lönnberg, 1905) |
Brauer’s lanternfish |
Gymnoscopelus fraseri |
(Fraser-Brunner, 1931) |
Fraser’s lanternfish |
Gymnoscopelus hintonoides |
Hulley, 1981 |
False-midas lanternfish |
Gymnoscopelus microlampas |
Hulley, 1981 |
Minispotted lanternfish |
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi |
(Gilbert, 1911) |
Nichol's lanternfish |
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus |
Fraser-Brunner, 1949 |
|
Gymnoscopelus piabilis |
(Whitley, 1931) |
Southern blacktip lanternfish |
Hintonia candens |
Fraser-Brunner, 1949 |
|
Hygophum atratum |
(Garman, 1899) |
Thickhead lanternfish |
Hygophum benoiti |
(Cocco, 1838) |
Benoit's lanternfish |
Hygophum bruuni |
Wisner, 1971 |
|
Hygophum hanseni |
(Tåning, 1932) |
Hansen's lanternfish |
Hygophum hygomii |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Bermuda lantern fish |
Hygophum macrochir |
(Günther, 1864) |
Large-finned lanternfish |
Hygophum proximum |
Becker, 1965 |
Firefly lanternfish |
Hygophum reinhardtii |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Reinhardt's lantern fish |
Hygophum taaningi |
Becker, 1965 |
Tåning’s lanternfish |
Idiolychnus urolampus |
(Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) |
|
Krefftichthys anderssoni |
(Lönnberg, 1905) |
Rhombic lanternfish |
Lampadena anomala |
Parr, 1928 |
Anomalous lanternfish |
Lampadena atlantica |
Maul, 1969 |
|
Lampadena chavesi |
Collett, 1905 |
Chaves' lanternfish |
Lampadena dea |
Fraser-Brunner, 1949 |
|
Lampadena luminosa |
(Garman, 1899) |
Luminous lanternfish |
Lampadena notialis |
Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1968 |
Notal lanternfish |
Lampadena pontifex |
Krefft, 1970 |
|
Lampadena speculigera |
Goode & Bean, 1896 |
Mirror lanternfish |
Lampadena urophaos |
Paxton, 1963 |
Sunbeam lampfish |
Lampadena yaquinae |
(Coleman & Nafpaktitis, 1972) |
|
Lampanyctodes hectoris |
(Günther, 1876) |
Hector's lanternfish |
Lampanyctus acanthurus |
Wisner, 1974 |
Spinytail lampfish |
Lampanyctus alatus |
Goode & Bean, 1896 |
Winged lanternfish |
Lampanyctus australis |
Tåning, 1932 |
Southern lanternfish |
Lampanyctus crocodilus |
(Risso, 1810) |
Jewel lanternfish |
Lampanyctus festivus |
Tåning, 1928 |
Festive lanternfish |
Lampanyctus hubbsi |
Wisner, 1963 |
|
Lampanyctus intricarius |
Tåning, 1928 |
Diamondcheek lanternfish |
Lampanyctus iselinoides |
Bussing, 1965 |
|
Lampanyctus jordani |
Gilbert, 1913 |
Brokenline lanternfish |
Lampanyctus lepidolychnus |
Becker, 1967 |
Mermaid lanternfish |
Lampanyctus macdonaldi |
(Goode & Bean, 1896) |
Rakery beaconlamp |
Lampanyctus macropterus |
(Brauer, 1904) |
|
Lampanyctus nobilis |
Tåning, 1928 |
Noble lampfish |
Lampanyctus omostigma |
Gilbert, 1908 |
|
Lampanyctus parvicauda |
Parr, 1931 |
Slimtail lampfish |
Lampanyctus photonotus |
Parr, 1928 |
|
Lampanyctus pusillus |
(Johnson, 1890) |
Pygmy lanternfish |
Lampanyctus simulator |
Wisner, 1971 |
|
Lampanyctus steinbecki |
Bolin, 1939 |
Longfin lampfish |
Lampanyctus tenuiformis |
(Brauer, 1906) |
Slender lanternfish |
Lampanyctus turneri |
(Fowler, 1934) |
|
Lampanyctus vadulus |
Hulley, 1981 |
|
Lampichthys procerus |
(Brauer, 1904) |
Blackhead lanternfish |
Lepidophanes gaussi |
(Brauer, 1906) |
|
Lepidophanes guentheri |
(Goode & Bean, 1896) |
Günther’s lanternfish |
Lobianchia dofleini |
(Zugmayer, 1911) |
Dofleini's lantern fish |
Lobianchia gemellarii |
(Cocco, 1838) |
Cocco's lantern fish |
Loweina interrupta |
(Tåning, 1928) |
|
Loweina rara |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Laura's lantern fish |
Loweina terminata |
Becker, 1964 |
|
Metelectrona ahlstromi |
Wisner, 1963 |
|
Metelectrona herwigi |
Hulley, 1981 |
Herwig lanternfish |
Metelectrona ventralis |
(Becker, 1963) |
Flaccid lanternfish |
Myctophum affine |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Metallic lantern fish |
Myctophum asperum |
Richardson, 1845 |
Prickly lanternfish |
Myctophum aurolaternatum |
Garman, 1899 |
Golden lanternfish |
Myctophum brachygnathum |
(Bleeker, 1856) |
Short-jawed lanternfish |
Myctophum fissunovi |
Becker & Borodulina, 1971 |
|
Myctophum indicum |
(Day, 1877) |
|
Myctophum lunatum |
Becker & Borodulina, 1978 |
|
Myctophum lychnobium |
Bolin, 1946 |
|
Myctophum nitidulum |
Garman, 1899 |
Pearly lanternfish |
Myctophum obtusirostre |
Tåning, 1928 |
Bluntsnout lanternfish |
Myctophum orientale |
(Gilbert, 1913) |
Oriental lanternfish |
Myctophum ovcharovi |
Tsarin, 1993 |
|
Myctophum phengodes |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Bright lanternfish |
Myctophum punctatum |
Rafinesque, 1810 |
Spotted lanternfish |
Myctophum selenops |
Tåning, 1928 |
Wisner's lantern fish |
Myctophum spinosum |
(Steindachner, 1867) |
Spiny lantern fish |
Nannobrachium achirus |
(Andriashev, 1962) |
Lantern fish |
Nannobrachium atrum |
(Tåning, 1928) |
Dusky lanternfish |
Nannobrachium bristori |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
|
Nannobrachium crypticum |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
|
Nannobrachium cuprarium |
(Tåning, 1928) |
|
Nannobrachium fernae |
(Wisner, 1971) |
|
Nannobrachium gibbsi |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
|
Nannobrachium hawaiiensis |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
|
Nannobrachium idostigma |
(Parr, 1931) |
|
Nannobrachium indicum |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
|
Nannobrachium isaacsi |
(Wisner, 1974) |
|
Nannobrachium lineatum |
(Tåning, 1928) |
|
Nannobrachium nigrum |
Günther, 1887 |
Black lantern fish |
Nannobrachium phyllisae |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
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Nannobrachium regale |
(Gilbert, 1892) |
Pinpoint lampfish |
Nannobrachium ritteri |
(Gilbert, 1915) |
Broadfin lampfish |
Nannobrachium wisneri |
Zahuranec, 2000 |
|
Notolychnus valdiviae |
(Brauer, 1904) |
Topside lampfish |
Notoscopelus bolini |
Nafpaktitis, 1975 |
|
Notoscopelus caudispinosus |
(Johnson, 1863) |
Lobisomem |
Notoscopelus elongatus |
(Costa, 1844) |
|
Notoscopelus japonicus |
(Tanaka, 1908) |
Japanese lanternfish |
Notoscopelus kroyeri |
(Malm, 1861) |
Lancet fish |
Notoscopelus resplendens |
(Richardson, 1845) |
Patchwork lampfish |
Parvilux boschmai |
Hubbs & Wisner, 1964 |
|
Parvilux ingens |
Hubbs & Wisner, 1964 |
Giant lampfish |
Protomyctophum andriashevi |
Becker, 1963 |
Andriashev’s lanternfish |
Protomyctophum arcticum |
(Lütken, 1892) |
Arctic telescope |
Protomyctophum beckeri |
Wisner, 1971 |
|
Protomyctophum bolini |
(Fraser-Brunner, 1949) |
Bolin’s lanternfish |
Protomyctophum chilense |
Wisner, 1971 |
|
Protomyctophum choriodon |
Hulley, 1981 |
Gaptooth lanternfish |
Protomyctophum crockeri |
(Bolin, 1939) |
California flashlightfish |
Protomyctophum gemmatum |
Hulley, 1981 |
Jewelled lanternfish |
Protomyctophum luciferum |
Hulley, 1981 |
Damsel lanternfish |
Protomyctophum mcginnisi |
Prokofiev, 2005 |
|
Protomyctophum normani |
(Tåning, 1932) |
Norman's lanterrnfish |
Protomyctophum parallelum |
(Lönnberg, 1905) |
Parallel lanternfish |
Protomyctophum subparallelum |
(Tåning, 1932) |
Subparallel lanternfish |
Protomyctophum tenisoni |
(Norman, 1930) |
Tenison’s lanternfish |
Protomyctophum thompsoni |
(Chapman, 1944) |
Bigeye lanternfish |
Scopelopsis multipunctatus |
Brauer, 1906 |
Multispotted lanternfish |
Stenobrachius leucopsarus |
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890) |
Northern lampfish |
Stenobrachius nannochir |
(Gilbert, 1890) |
Garnet lanternfish |
Symbolophorus barnardi |
(Tåning, 1932) |
Barnards lanternfishes |
Symbolophorus boops |
(Richardson, 1845) |
Bogue lanternfish |
Symbolophorus californiensis |
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) |
Bigfin lanternfish |
Symbolophorus evermanni |
(Gilbert, 1905) |
Evermann's lantern fish |
Symbolophorus kreffti |
Hulley, 1981 |
|
Symbolophorus reversus |
Gago & Ricord, 2005 |
Reverse gland lanternfish |
Symbolophorus rufinus |
(Tåning, 1928) |
|
Symbolophorus veranyi |
(Moreau, 1888) |
Large-scale lantern fish |
Taaningichthys bathyphilus |
(Tåning, 1928) |
Deepwater lanternfish |
Taaningichthys minimus |
(Tåning, 1928) |
Waistcoat lanternfish |
Taaningichthys paurolychnus |
Davy, 1972 |
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Tarletonbeania crenularis |
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) |
Blue lanternfish |
Tarletonbeania taylori |
Mead, 1953 |
North Pacific lanternfish |
Triphoturus mexicanus |
(Gilbert, 1890) |
Mexican lampfish |
Triphoturus nigrescens |
(Brauer, 1904) |
Highseas lampfish |
Triphoturus oculeum |
(Garman, 1899) |
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