IRMNG name details
Unverified
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier, 1817. Possibly based on a misidentified type species. Type evidently first designated by Goode & Bean 1896 as humboldti of Risso = Myctophum punctatus Rafinesque 1810. Whitley 1953 says type is M. humboldti of Waite 1911 but not of Risso. (Eschmeyer). [details]
Type species as cited Gasteropelecus humboldti Risso 1810 [details]
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