Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Myctophidae -- Lanternfishes
   Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert and Cramer, 1897) -- Spinycheek Lanternfish
   Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) -- Glacier Lanternfish
   Benthosema panamense (Tåning, 1932) -- Lamp Fish
   Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890) -- Skinnycheek Lanternfish
   Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913) -- Smallfin Lanternfish
   Bolinichthys distofax Johnson, 1975
   Bolinichthys indicus (Nafpaktitis and Nafpaktitis, 1969) -- Lanternfish
   Bolinichthys longipes (Brauer, 1906) -- Popeye Lampfish
   Bolinichthys nikolayi Becker, 1978
   Bolinichthys photothorax (Parr, 1928)
   Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890)
   Bolinichthys supralateralis (Parr, 1928)
   Centrobranchus andreae (Lütken, 1892) -- Andres Lanternfish
   Centrobranchus brevirostris Becker, 1964
   Centrobranchus choerocephalus Fowler, 1904
   Centrobranchus nigroocellatus (Gunther, 1873) -- Roundnose Lanternfish
   Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839)
   Ceratoscopelus townsendi (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889) -- Dogtooth Lampfish
   Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) -- Warmings Lantern Fish
   Diaphus adenomus Gilbert, 1905 -- Gilberts Large Lantern Fish
   Diaphus aliciae Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932 -- Andersens Lantern Fish
   Diaphus antonbruuni Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus arabicus Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus basileusi Becker and Prut'ko, 1984
   Diaphus bertelseni Nafpaktitis, 1966
   Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928 -- Short-headed Lantern Fish
   Diaphus burtoni Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus chrysorhynchus Gilbert and Cramer, 1897 -- Golden-nosed Lantern Fish
   Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871) -- Blue Lantern Fish
   Diaphus confusus Becker, 1992
   Diaphus dahlgreni Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus danae Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus dehaveni Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus diadematus Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus diademophilus Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus drachmanni Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus dumerilii (Bleeker, 1856)
   Diaphus effulgens (Goode and Bean, 1896) -- Headlight Fish
   Diaphus ehrhorni Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus faustinoi Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 -- Fragile Lantern Fish
   Diaphus fulgens (Brauer, 1904)
   Diaphus garmani Gilbert, 1906
   Diaphus gigas Gilbert, 1913
   Diaphus handi Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918
   Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg and Scott, 1976 -- Hudsons Lanternfish
   Diaphus impostor Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
   Diaphus jenseni Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
   Diaphus knappi Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus kora Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
   Diaphus kuroshio Kawaguchi and Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus lobatus Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus longleyi Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus lucidus (Goode and Bean, 1896)
   Diaphus lucifrons Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus luetkeni (Brauer, 1904)
   Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913
   Diaphus mascarensis Becker, 1990
   Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978 -- Meads Lanternfish
   Diaphus megalops Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829) -- Spothead Lantern Fish
   Diaphus minax Nafpaktitis, 1968
   Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
   Diaphus nielseni Nafpaktitis, 1978
   Diaphus ostenfeldi Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus pacificus Parr, 1931 -- Pacific Headlightfish
   Diaphus pallidus Gjøsaeter, 1989
   Diaphus parini Becker, 1992
   Diaphus parri Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898) -- Transparent Lantern Fish
   Diaphus phillipsi Fowler, 1934 -- Bolins Lantern Fish
   Diaphus problematicus Parr, 1928
   Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) -- White-spoted Lantern Fish
   Diaphus regani Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus richardsoni Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus roei Nafpaktitis, 1974
   Diaphus sagamiensis Gilbert, 1913
   Diaphus schmidti Tåning, 1932
   Diaphus signatus Gilbert, 1908
   Diaphus similis Wisner, 1974
   Diaphus splendidus (Brauer, 1904)
   Diaphus suborbitalis Weber, 1913
   Diaphus subtilis Nafpaktitis, 1968
   Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930
   Diaphus termophilus Tåning, 1928 -- Taanings Lantern Fish
   Diaphus theta Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890 -- California Headlightfish
   Diaphus thiollierei Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus trachops Wisner, 1974
   Diaphus umbroculus Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus vanhoeffeni (Brauer, 1906)
   Diaphus watasei Jordan and Starks, 1904
   Diaphus whitleyi Fowler, 1934
   Diaphus wisneri Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
   Diogenichthys atlanticus (Tåning, 1928) -- Longfin Lanternfish
   Diogenichthys laternatus (Garman, 1899) -- Diogenes Lanternfish
   Diogenichthys panurgus Bolin, 1946
   Electrona antarctica (Gunther, 1878)
   Electrona carlsbergi (Tåning, 1932)
   Electrona paucirastra Bolin, 1962
   Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829) -- Chubby Flashlightfish
   Electrona subaspera (Gunther, 1864)
   Gonichthys barnesi Whitley, 1943
   Gonichthys cocco (Cocco, 1829)
   Gonichthys tenuiculus (Garman, 1899) -- Slendertail Lanternfish
   Gonichthys venetus Becker, 1964
   Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962
   Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905)
   Gymnoscopelus fraseri (Fraser-Brunner, 1931)
   Gymnoscopelus hintonoides Hulley, 1981
   Gymnoscopelus microlampas Hulley, 1981
   Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911)
   Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus Fraser-Brunner, 1949
   Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931)
   Hintonia candens Fraser-Brunner, 1949
   Hygophum atratum (Garman, 1899) -- Thickhead Lanternfish
   Hygophum benoiti (Cocco, 1838) -- Benoits Lanternfish
   Hygophum bruuni Wisner, 1971
   Hygophum hanseni (Tåning, 1932)
   Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)
   Hygophum macrochir (Gunther, 1864) -- Large-finned Lanternfish
   Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965 -- Lantern Fish
   Hygophum reinhardtii (Lütken, 1892) -- Reinhardts Lantern Fish
   Hygophum taaningi Becker, 1965
   Idiolychnus urolampus (Gilbert and Cramer, 1897)
   Krefftichthys anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905)
   Lampadena anomala Parr, 1928
   Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905
   Lampadena dea Fraser-Brunner, 1949
   Lampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899)
   Lampadena notialis Nafpaktitis and Paxton, 1968
   Lampadena pontifex Krefft, 1970
   Lampadena speculigera Goode and Bean, 1896
   Lampadena urophaos_atlantica Maul, 1969
   Lampadena urophaos_urophaos Paxton, 1963 -- Sunbeam Lampfish
   Lampadena yaquinae (Coleman and Nafpaktitis, 1972)
   Lampanyctodes hectoris (Gunther, 1876) -- Hectors Lanternfish
   Lampanyctus acanthurus Wisner, 1974 -- Spinytail Lampfish
   Lampanyctus alatus Goode and Bean, 1896
   Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932 -- Southern Lanternfish
   Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810) -- Jewel Lanternfish
   Lampanyctus festivus Tåning, 1928
   Lampanyctus hubbsi Wisner, 1963
   Lampanyctus intricarius Tåning, 1928
   Lampanyctus iselinoides Bussing, 1965
   Lampanyctus jordani Gilbert, 1913 -- Brokenline Lanternfish
   Lampanyctus lepidolychnus Becker, 1967
   Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode and Bean, 1896) -- Rakery Beaconlamp
   Lampanyctus macropterus (Brauer, 1904)
   Lampanyctus nobilis Tåning, 1928 -- Noble Lampfish
   Lampanyctus omostigma Gilbert, 1908
   Lampanyctus parvicauda Parr, 1931 -- Slimtail Lampfish
   Lampanyctus photonotus Parr, 1928
   Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson, 1890)
   Lampanyctus simulator Wisner, 1971
   Lampanyctus steinbecki Bolin, 1939 -- Longfin Lampfish
   Lampanyctus tenuiformis (Brauer, 1906)
   Lampanyctus turneri (Fowler, 1934)
   Lampanyctus vadulus Hulley, 1981
   Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904)
   Lepidophanes gaussi (Brauer, 1906)
   Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode and Bean, 1896)
   Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911)
   Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838) -- Coccos Lantern Fish
   Loweina interrupta (Tåning, 1928)
   Loweina rara (Lütken, 1892) -- Lauras Lantern Fish
   Loweina terminata Becker, 1964
   Metelectrona ahlstromi Wisner, 1963
   Metelectrona herwigi Hulley, 1981
   Metelectrona ventralis (Becker, 1963)
   Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892) -- Metallic Lantern Fish
   Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845 -- Prickly Lanternfish
   Myctophum aurolaternatum Garman, 1899 -- Golden Lanternfish
   Myctophum brachygnathum (Bleeker, 1856) -- Short-jawed Lanternfish
   Myctophum fissunovi Becker and Borodulina, 1971
   Myctophum indicum (Day, 1877)
   Myctophum lunatum Becker and Borodulina, 1978
   Myctophum lychnobium Bolin, 1946
   Myctophum nitidulum Garman, 1899 -- Pearly Lanternfish
   Myctophum obtusirostre Tåning, 1928
   Myctophum orientale (Gilbert, 1913)
   Myctophum ovcharovi Tsarin, 1993
   Myctophum phengodes (Lütken, 1892)
   Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810 -- Spotted Lanternfish
   Myctophum selenops Tåning, 1928 -- Wisners Lantern Fish
   Myctophum spinosum (Steindachner, 1867) -- Spiny Lantern Fish
   Nannobrachium achirus (Andriashev, 1962)
   Nannobrachium atrum (Tåning, 1928)
   Nannobrachium bristori Zahuranec, 2000
   Nannobrachium crypticum Zahuranec, 2000
   Nannobrachium cuprarium (Tåning, 1928)
   Nannobrachium fernae (Wisner, 1971)
   Nannobrachium gibbsi Zahuranec, 2000
   Nannobrachium hawaiiensis Zahuranec, 2000
   Nannobrachium idostigma (Parr, 1931)
   Nannobrachium indicum Zahuranec, 2000
   Nannobrachium isaacsi (Wisner, 1974)
   Nannobrachium lineatum (Tåning, 1928)
   Nannobrachium nigrum Gunther, 1887 -- Black Lantern Fish
   Nannobrachium phyllisae Zahuranec, 2000
   Nannobrachium regale (Gilbert, 1892) -- Pinpoint Lampfish
   Nannobrachium ritteri (Gilbert, 1915) -- Broadfin Lampfish
   Nannobrachium wisneri Zahuranec, 2000
   Notolychnus valdiviae (Brauer, 1904) -- Topside Lampfish
   Notoscopelus bolini Nafpaktitis, 1975
   Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson, 1863) -- Lobisomem
   Notoscopelus elongatus (Costa, 1844)
   Notoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka, 1908) -- Japanese Lanternfish
   Notoscopelus kroyeri (Malm, 1861) -- Lancet Fish
   Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845) -- Patchwork Lampfish
   Parvilux boschmai Hubbs and Wisner, 1964
   Parvilux ingens Hubbs and Wisner, 1964 -- Giant Lampfish
   Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963
   Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892) -- Arctic Telescope
   Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner, 1971
   Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
   Protomyctophum chilense Wisner, 1971
   Protomyctophum choriodon Hulley, 1981
   Protomyctophum crockeri (Bolin, 1939) -- California Flashlightfish
   Protomyctophum gemmatum Hulley, 1981
   Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley, 1981
   Protomyctophum normani (Tåning, 1932)
   Protomyctophum parallelum (Lönnberg, 1905)
   Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932)
   Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930)
   Protomyctophum thompsoni (Chapman, 1944) -- Bigeye Lanternfish
   Scopelopsis multipunctatus Brauer, 1906
   Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890) -- Northern Lampfish
   Stenobrachius nannochir (Gilbert, 1890) -- Garnet Lanternfish
   Symbolophorus barnardi (Tåning, 1932)
   Symbolophorus boops (Richardson, 1845) -- Bogue Lanternfish
   Symbolophorus californiensis (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889) -- Bigfin Lanternfish
   Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905) -- Evermanns Lantern Fish
   Symbolophorus kreffti Hulley, 1981
   Symbolophorus rufinus (Tåning, 1928)
   Symbolophorus veranyi (Moreau, 1888) -- Large Scale Lantern Fish
   Taaningichthys bathyphilus (Tåning, 1928)
   Taaningichthys minimus (Tåning, 1928)
   Taaningichthys paurolychnus Davy, 1972
   Tarletonbeania crenularis (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) -- Blue Lanternfish
   Tarletonbeania taylori Mead, 1953
   Triphoturus mexicanus (Gilbert, 1890) -- Mexican Lampfish
   Triphoturus nigrescens (Brauer, 1904) -- Highseas Lampfish
   Triphoturus oculeum (Garman, 1899)

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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