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

Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protomyctophum*	Fraser-Brunner, 1949	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Protomyctophum (Hierops) arcticum*	(Lütken, 1892)	synonym; alternate representation
*Scopelus arcticus*	Lütken, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: nordatlantisk lysprikkfisk

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
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
FishBase images (Protomyctophum arcticum, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892). 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:158917