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Order Summary for Myctophiformes
Main Ref.:	Nelson, J.S., 1994
Order:	Myctophiformes    lanternfishes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Sister Order:	Lampriformes     70 M years
Ref.:	Carroll, R., 1988     Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997
First fossil record:	late Cretaceous
Occurs in:	Marine      Freshwater      Brackish
Remarks:	Head and body compressed; eye lateral (dorsolateral in the myctophid Hierops); mouth usually large and terminal; adipose fin present; usually 8 pelvic fin rays; usually 7-11 branchiostegal rays. All are deep-sea pelagic and benthopelagic fishes.
Class etymology:	Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Order etymology:	Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophis = serpent + Latin, forma = shape. 1601. Ref. 45335.
Families:	2 Myctophidae , Neoscopelidae

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