Lampanyctus

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Lampanyctus
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present [1]
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Lampanyctus macdonaldi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lampanyctus
Bonaparte, 1840
Species

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Lampanyctus is a genus of lanternfishes.

Species

There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lampanyctus in FishBase . April 2012 version.


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