Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Myctophum nitidulum
linternilla, pez linterna, Pearly lanternfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Myctophiformes
Family
Myctophidae
Genus
Myctophum
Species
nitidulum
Taxon category: Accepted
J. McCosker: not included in McCosker (2010) this because of its distance offshore; species of the genus Myctophum are midwater species.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Baque, J Páez, D & Wolff, M (2012) Hábitos alimentarios de dos peces pelágicos Thunnus albacares y Acanthocybium solandri de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol.47, Nº1:1-11 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myctophum nitidulum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12925. Accessed 7 September 2025.