Biology:Ichthyococcus
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Ichthyococcus, the fireflyfishes[1], is a genus of deep-sea stomiiform fish.[2] It is the only member of the family Ichthyococcidae.
Included species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Ichthyococcus australis Mukhacheva, 1980 (Southern lightfish)
- Ichthyococcus elongatus S. Imai, 1941 (Slim lightfish)
- Ichthyococcus intermedius Mukhacheva, 1980 (Intermediate lightfish)
- Ichthyococcus irregularis Rechnitzer & J. E. Böhlke, 1958 (Bulldog lightfish)
- Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco, 1838) (Lightfish)
- Ichthyococcus parini Mukhacheva, 1980
- Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1963
Members of this family were formerly placed in the family Phosichthyidae, but a 2025 phylogenetic study found the latter family to be paraphyletic as previously described. Ichthyococcus was found to belong to a distinct lineage sister to the clade containing the Phosichthyidae and Stomiidae, and was thus described as its own family, the Ichthyococcidae.[4]
References
- ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION" (in en). https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification.
- ↑ "Ichthyococcus (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo. January 2, 2010. http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Ichthyococcus_Genus.asp.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ichthyococcus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Chang, Solomon; Heiple, Zach; Hays, Delson; Melendez-Vazquez, Fernando; Lee, Casey; Frable, Benjamin W.; Pogonoski, John; Martinez, Christopher M. et al. (2025-10-21). "Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes)" (in en). BMC Ecology and Evolution 25 (1): 111. doi:10.1186/s12862-025-02453-0. ISSN 2730-7182. PMID 41120872. Bibcode: 2025BMCEE..25..111C.
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