Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Stomiiformes > Family Gonostomatidae > Genus Cyclothone

Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyclothone*	Goode & Bean, 1883	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Πυγμαίο σμηριγγόψαρο

Literature

original description	Jespersen, P.; Tåning, A. V. (1926). Mediterranean Sternoptychidae. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas. A. 12. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas. 2 (Biology): 1-59.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Cyclothone pygmaea, Italy, by Costa, F.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127290