Lepidophanes is a genus of lanternfishes found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Lepidophanes | |
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A drawing of a Ledidophanes guentheri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Genus: | Lepidophanes Fraser-Brunner, 1949 |
Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lepidophanes gaussi (A. B. Brauer, 1906)
- Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidophanes". FishBase. April 2012 version.