Myctophidae Gill 1893

Laan, Richard Van Der, Eschmeyer, William N. & Fricke, Ronald, 2014, Family-group names of Recent fishes, Zootaxa 3882 (2), pp. 1-230 : 64

Family Myctophidae Gill 1893

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Scopelini Bonaparte 1831:164 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Scopelus [ Richardson 1846:301 [ref. 3742] used Scopelinidae]

Myctophidae Gill 1893b:131 [ref. 26255] (family) Myctophum [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; Myctophidae used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Parr 1928 [ref. 3368], Whitley 1936a [ref. 13756], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Bertin & Arambourg 1958, Bailey et al. 1960 [ref. 27285], Lagler, Bardach & Miller 1962, Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966 [ref. 26856], Kamohara 1967, McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Wisner 1976 [ref. 19273], Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Becker 1992 [ref. 20772], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Zahuranec 2000 [ref. 24618], Chen (2002) [ref. 26587], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Springer & Johnson 2004 [ref. 33199], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Paxton & Bray 2008 [ref. 30633], Fierstine, Huddleston & Takeuchi 2012]

Scopelopsinae Whitley 1932b:333 [ref. 4674] (subfamily) Scopelopsis [name only, used as valid before 2000?; not available]

Electronini Wissner 1963:28 [ref. 4759] (tribe) Electrona

Lampanyctinae Paxton 1972:45 [ref. 3394] (subfamily) Lampanyctus [also as tribe Lampanyctini ]

Gonichthyini Paxton 1972:43 [ref. 3394] (tribe) Gonichthys

Notolychnini Paxton 1972:45 [ref. 3394] (tribe) Notolychnus

Diaphini Paxton 1972:48 [ref. 3394] (tribe) Diaphus

Gymnoscopelini Paxton 1972:49 [ref. 3394] (tribe) Gymnoscopelus