NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Myctophinae
  Family - Myctophidae
  Order - Myctophiformes
  Superorder - Scopelomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Myctophum affine
      Species - Myctophum asperum
      Species - Myctophum punctatum
      Species - Myctophum selenops
      Species - Myctophum spinosum
      Species - Myctophum nitidulum
      Species - Myctophum aurolaternatum
      Species - Myctophum phengodes
      Species - Myctophum brachygnathum
      Species - Myctophum fissunovi
      Species - Myctophum indicum
      Species - Myctophum lunatum
      Species - Myctophum lychnobium
      Species - Myctophum novaeseelandiae
      Species - Myctophum orientale
      Species - Myctophum ovcharovi
      Species - Myctophum obtusirostre