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Typical lanternfishes
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Typical lanternfishes

Myctophinae

15 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 77 known species

Benthosema

genusBenthosema

Dasyscopelus

genusDasyscopelus

Myctophum

genusMyctophum

Tarletonbeania

genusTarletonbeania

Symbolophorus

genusSymbolophorus

Hygophum

genusHygophum

Electrona

genusElectrona

Protomyctophum

genusProtomyctophum

Centrobranchus

genusCentrobranchus

Ctenoscopelus

genusCtenoscopelus

Diogenichthys

genusDiogenichthys

Krefftichthys

genusKrefftichthys

Loweina

genusLoweina

Metelectrona

genusMetelectrona

Gonichthys

genusGonichthys

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