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

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)

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Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Hygophum atratum
[Thickhead lanternfish]

Photo by Costa, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by Costa, F.
 
Hygophum benoiti
[Benoit's lanternfish]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Hygophum bruuni
[]

Photo by SFSA

Convergence species in al
Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
Hygophum hanseni (Tåning, 1932)

Photo by SFSA
 
Hygophum hanseni
[Hansen's lanternfish]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 6.8 cm SL
Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)

Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Hygophum hygomii
[Bermuda lantern fish]
No picture found
Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 6 cm SL
 
Hygophum macrochir
[Large-finned lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Indian and Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SL
Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965

Photo by SFSA
 
Hygophum proximum
[Firefly lanternfish]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Hygophum reinhardtii (Lütken, 1892)

Photo by SFSA
 
Hygophum reinhardtii
[Reinhardt's lantern fish]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 6.1 cm SL
Hygophum taaningi Becker, 1965

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Hygophum taaningi
[Tåning’s lanternfish]
9 Species of Family Myctophidae with Genus Hygophum
(Lanternfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1899 Hygophum atratum Thickhead lanternfish Eastern Pacific 6 TL
1838 Hygophum benoiti Benoit's lanternfish Eastern Atlantic 5.5 SL
1971 Hygophum bruuni Southeast Pacific
1932 Hygophum hanseni Hansen's lanternfish Convergence species in al 6.7 SL
1892 Hygophum hygomii Bermuda lantern fish Eastern Atlantic 6.8 SL
1864 Hygophum macrochir Large-finned lanternfish Atlantic Ocean 6 SL
1965 Hygophum proximum Firefly lanternfish Indian and Pacific 5 SL
1892 Hygophum reinhardtii Reinhardt's lantern fish Eastern Atlantic 6 SL
1965 Hygophum taaningi Tåning’s lanternfish Atlantic Ocean 6.1 SL



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