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Nelson, J.S., 1994

Myctophiformes lanternfishes

Actinopterygii

Lampriformes 70 M years

Carroll, R., 1988  |  Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997

late Cretaceous

海洋

淡水

半鹹淡水

Head and body compressed; eye lateral (dorsolateral in the myctophid Hierops); mouth usually large and terminal; adipose fin present; usually 8 pelvic fin rays; usually 7-11 branchiostegal rays. All are deep-sea pelagic and benthopelagic fishes.

Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.

Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophis = serpent + Latin, forma = shape. 1601 (Ref. 45335).

( n = 2 ) -
Myctophidae Neoscopelidae

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[ e.g. 9948]                       

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