Myctophidae

Translingual

Etymology

Myctophum +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Myctophidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Myctophiformes – lanternfishes.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - superclass; Pisces - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Myctophiformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Myctophum - tpe species; Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Centrobranchus, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Gymnoscopelus, Hintonia, Hygophum, Idiolychnus, Krefftichthys, Lampadena, Lampanyctodes, Lampanyctus, Lampichthys, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Loweina, Metelectrona, Nannobrachium, Notolychnus, Notoscopelus, Parvilux, Protomyctophum, Scopelopsis, Stenobrachius, Symbolophorus, Taaningichthys, Tarletonbeania, Triphoturus - other species

References

• Myctophidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Myctophidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Myctophidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Myctophidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Myctophidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Myctophidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Myctophidae at World Register of Marine Species