Ichthyococcus

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Ichthyococcus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Ichthyococcidae
Chang et al., 2025
Genus: Ichthyococcus
Bonaparte, 1840
Genera

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Ichthyococcus, the fireflyfishes [1] , is a genus of deep-sea stomiiform fish. [2] It is the only member of the family Ichthyococcidae.

Included species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [3]

Members of this family were formerly placed in the family Phosichthyidae, but a 2025 phylogenetic study found the latter family to be paraphyletic as previously described. Ichthyococcus was found to belong to a distinct lineage sister to the clade containing the Phosichthyidae and Stomiidae, and was thus described as its own family, the Ichthyococcidae. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Ichthyococcus (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo. January 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ichthyococcus". FishBase . February 2012 version.
  4. ↑ Chang, Solomon; Heiple, Zach; Hays, Delson; Melendez-Vazquez, Fernando; Lee, Casey; Frable, Benjamin W.; Pogonoski, John; Martinez, Christopher M.; Betancur-R, Ricardo; Arcila, Dahiana (2025-10-21). "Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes)". BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25 (1): 111. Bibcode:2025BMCEE..25..111C. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02453-0 . ISSN   2730-7182. PMC   12542184 . PMID   41120872.


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