Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae Lanternfishes
Subfamily: Myctophinae
Genus: Symbolophorus

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8 species (see list below)

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Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Symbolophorus barnardi
[Barnards lanternfishes]

Photo by SFSA

Symbolophorus boops
[Bogue lanternfish]

Photo by Van Noord, J.E.

Symbolophorus californiensis
[Bigfin lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Symbolophorus evermanni
[Evermann's lantern fish]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 11.2 cm SL

Symbolophorus kreffti
[]

Photo by Van Noord, J.E.

Symbolophorus reversus
[Reverse gland lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Symbolophorus rufinus
[]

Photo by Costa, F.

Symbolophorus veranyi
[Large-scale lantern fish]

8 Species of Family Myctophidae with Genus Symbolophorus
(Lanternfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1932	Symbolophorus barnardi	Barnards lanternfishes	Circumglobal in the south	11.6 SL
1845	Symbolophorus boops	Bogue lanternfish	Eastern Atlantic	16 TL
1889	Symbolophorus californiensis	Bigfin lanternfish	North Pacific	11 SL
1905	Symbolophorus evermanni	Evermann's lantern fish	Indo-Pacific	8 SL
1981	Symbolophorus kreffti		Eastern Atlantic	11.2 SL
2005	Symbolophorus reversus	Reverse gland lanternfish	Eastern Central Pacific	8.9 SL
1928	Symbolophorus rufinus		Western Atlantic	9.4 SL
1888	Symbolophorus veranyi	Large-scale lantern fish	Eastern Atlantic	12 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: MyctophiformesFamily: Myctophidae LanternfishesSubfamily: MyctophinaeGenus: Symbolophorus(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae Lanternfishes
Subfamily: Myctophinae
Genus: Symbolophorus

(See list of species below)