Lampadena
Genus of fishes
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Lampadena is a genus of lanternfishes.
| Lampadena | |
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| Mirror lanternfish (L. speculigera) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Subfamily: | Lampanyctinae |
| Genus: | Lampadena Goode & T. H. Bean, 1893 |
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lampadena anomala A. E. Parr, 1928
- Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905 (Chaves' lanternfish)
- Lampadena dea Fraser-Brunner, 1949
- Lampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899) (Luminous lanternfish)
- Lampadena notialis B. G. Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1968 (Notal lanternfish)
- Lampadena pontifex G. Krefft, 1970
- Lampadena speculigera Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Mirror lanternfish)
- Lampadena urophaos Paxton, 1963
- Lampadena yaquinae (Coleman & B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1972)
