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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Scopelomorpha
Ordo: Myctophiformes

Familia: Myctophidae
Genus: Lobianchia
Species: L. dofleini – L. gemellarii
Name

Lobianchia, Gatti, 1904

Type species: Nyctophus gemellarii Cocco, 1838

Synonyms

Hyperphotops (subgenus of Diaphus) Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Diaphus (Hyperphotops) Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Pseudodiaphus Tåning, 1918

Lobianchia gemellarii

Lobianchia dofleini

References

Gatti, M.A. 1904. Ricerche sugli organi luminosi dei pesci. Annali di Agricoltura, No. 233 (1903): 7–126, Pl. 5. Reference page.
Schwarzhans, W. 2013. A comparative morphological study of the Recent otoliths of the genera Diaphus, Idiolychnus and Lobianchia (Myctophidae). Palaeo Ichthyologica 13: 41-82. Reference page.

Links

Lobianchia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Lobianchia in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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Lobianchia is a genus of lanternfishes found in the Atlantic Ocean.

The generic name was derived from Latin lobus ("lobe") and Greek αγχόνη (anchonē, "noose").[1]
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911) (Dofleini's lanternfish)
Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838) (Cocco's lanternfish)

References

"Lobianchia gemellarii, Cocco's lantern fish". www.fishbase.se.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lobianchia in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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