Protomyctophum

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Protomyctophum
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present [1]
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Subparallel Lanternfish (P. subparallelum)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Protomyctophum
Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Species

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Protomyctophum is a genus of lanternfishes.

Species

There are currently 16 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. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Protomyctophum in FishBase . April 2012 version.


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