Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810

• Main Authors: Bariche, Michel, Fricke, Ronald
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Myctophiformes; Myctophidae; Myctophum; Myctophum punctatum; Arctic; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4346751; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346751

Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 —Spotted lanternfish Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 = * Myctophum humboldti humboldti (Raffaele 1889) by George et al. (1964: 12); subsequently recorded as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 by Mouneimné (2002: 84–85); recently recorded as Myctophum punctatum by Bariche et al. (2007: 112); as Myctophum punctatum by Bariche et al. (2009: 3). Material in collection: AUBM. Distribution. North Atlantic to the Arctic region; Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 11 July 2012); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action. Ophidiiformes Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 52, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887