Lanternfishes - Family: Myctophidae
Subfamily: Diaphinae
Short-head Lanternfish - Diaphus brachcephalus
Dana Lanternfish - Diaphus danae
Garman's Lanternfish - Diaphus garmani
Luetken's Lanternfish - Diaphus luetkeni
Horned Lanternfish - Diaphus splendidus
Warmwater Lanternfish - Diaphus thermophilus
Watase's Lanternfish - Diaphus watasei
Doflein's Lanternfish - Lobianchia dofleini
Gemellar's Lanternfish - Lobianchia gemellarii
Subfamily: Gymnoscopelinae
Multi-spot Lanternfish - Notoscopelus multipunctatus
Subfamily: Lampanyctinae
Stubby Lanternfish - Bolinichthys supralateralis
Warming's Lanternfish - Ceratoscopelus warmingii
Winged Lanternfish - Lampanyctus alatus
Dusky Lanternfish - Lampanyctus atrus
Vagabond Lanternfish - Triphoturus nigrescens
Subfamily: Myctophinae
Spiny-cheek Lanternfish - Benthosema fibulatum
Dimple Lanternfish - Benthosema suborbitale
Round-nose Lanternfish - Centrobranchus nigroocellatus
Prickly Lanternfish - Dasyscopelus asper
Atlantic Lanternfish - Diogenichthys atlanticus
Risso's Lanternfish - Electrona risso
Barnes' Lanternfish - Gonichthys barnesi
Hygom's Lanternfish - Hygophum hygomii
Reinhardt's Lanternfish - Hygophum reinhardtii
Short-jaw Lanternfish - Myctophum brachygnathum
Pearly-spotted Lanternfish - Myctophum nitidulum
Blunt-snout Lanternfish - Myctophum obtusirostre
Bright Lanternfish - Myctophum phengodes
Spiny Lanternfish - Myctophum spinosum
Barnard's Lanternfish - Symbolophorus barnardi
Symbolophorus boops (likely occurrence)
Evermann's Lanternfish - Symbolophorus evermanni
Subfamily: Notolychninae
Topside Lanternfish - Notolychnus valdiviae
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Order: Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes)
> Family: Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
> Subfamily: Diaphinae
> Genus: Diaphus
> Species: D. brachycephalus - Short-head Lanternfish
> Species: D. danae - Dana Lanternfish
> Species: D. garmani - Garman's Lanternfish
> Species: D. luetkeni - Luetken's Lanternfish
> Species: D. splendidus - Horned Lanternfish
> Species: D. thermophilus - Warmwater Lanternfish
> Species: D. watasei - Watase's Lanternfish
> Genus: Lobianchia
> Species: L. dofleini - Doflein's Lanternfish
> Species: L. gemellarii - Gemellar's Lanternfish
> Subfamily: Gymnoscopelinae
> Genus: Notoscopelus
> Species: N. multipunctatus - Multi-spot Lanternfish
> Subfamily: Lampanyctinae
> Genus: Bolinichthys
> Species: B. supralateralis - Stubby Lanternfish
> Genus: Ceratoscopelus
> Species: C. warmingii - Warming's Lanternfish
> Genus: Lampanyctus
> Species: L. alatus - Winged Lanternfish
> Species: L. atrus - Dusky Lanternfish
> Genus: Triphoturus
> Species: S. nigrescens - Vagabond Lanternfish
> Subfamily: Myctophinae
> Genus: Benthosema
> Species: B. fibulatum - Spiny-cheek Lanternfish
> Species: B. suborbitale - Dimple Lanternfish
> Genus: Centrobranchus
> Species: C. nigroocellatus - Round-nose Lanternfish
> Genus: Dasyscopelus
> Species: D. asper - Prickly Lanternfish
> Genus: Diogenichthys
> Species: D. atlanticus - Atlantic Lanternfis
> Genus: Electrona
> Species: E. risso - Risso's Lanternfish
> Genus: Gonichthys
> Species: G. barnesi - Barnes' Lanternfish
> Genus: Hygophum
> Species: H. hygomii - Hygom's Lanternfish
> Species: H. reinhardtii - Reinhardt's Lanternfish
> Genus: Myctophum
> Species: M. brachygnathum - Short-jaw Lanternfish
> Species: M. nitidulum - Pearly-spotted Lanternfish
> Species: M. obtusirostre - Blunt-snout Lanternfish
> Species: M. phengodes - Bright Lanternfish
> Species: M. spinosum - Spiny Lanternfish
> Genus: Symbolophorus
> Species: S. barnardi - Barnard's Lanternfish
> Species: S. boops *
> Species: S. evermanni - Evermann's Lanternfish
> Subfamily: Notolychninae
> Genus: Notolychnus
> Species: N. valdiviae - Topside Lanternfish
^ = possibly
* = likely
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