Taaningichthys

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Taaningichthys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Taaningichthys
Bolin, 1959

Taaningichthys is a genus of lanternfishes. [1]

Etymology

The genus is named in honour of Åge Vedel Tåning, a Danish lanternfish expert. [2]

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Species

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

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Taaningichthys Bolin [R. L.] 1959". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Taaningichthys". FishBase . February 2019 version.


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