Spothead lantern fish  (Diaphus metopoclampus)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Actinistia - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->

      • Myctophidae - Lanternfishes->

        • Myctophum - Lanternfishes->
        • Benthosema - Benthosema->
        • Bolinichthys - Bolinichthys->
        • Centrobranchus - Centrobranchus->
        • Ceratoscopelus - Ceratoscopelus->
        • Ctenoscopelus - Ctenoscopelus->
        • Dasyscopelus - Dasyscopelus->
        • Diaphus - Diaphus->

          • Gilbert’s large lantern fish (Diaphus adenomus)
          • Diaphus aliciae (Diaphus aliciae)
          • Andersen’s lantern fish (Diaphus anderseni)
          • Diaphus antonbruuni (Diaphus antonbruuni)
          • Diaphus arabicus (Diaphus arabicus)
          • Diaphus balanovi (Diaphus balanovi)
          • Diaphus basileusi (Diaphus basileusi)
          • Bertelsen’s lanternfish (Diaphus bertelseni)
          • Short-headed lantern fish (Diaphus brachycephalus)
          • Diaphus burtoni (Diaphus burtoni)
          • Golden-nosed lantern fish (Diaphus chrysorhynchus)
          • Blue lantern fish (Diaphus coeruleus)
          • Diaphus confusus (Diaphus confusus)
          • Diaphus dahlgreni (Diaphus dahlgreni)
          • Dana lanternfish (Diaphus danae)
          • Diaphus dehaveni (Diaphus dehaveni)
          • Crown lanternfish (Diaphus diadematus)
          • Diaphus diademophilus (Diaphus diademophilus)
          • Drachmann’s lanternfish (Diaphus drachmanni)
          • Dumeril’s lanternfish (Diaphus dumerilii)
          • Headlight fish (Diaphus effulgens)
          • Diaphus ehrhorni (Diaphus ehrhorni)
          • Diaphus faustinoi (Diaphus faustinoi)
          • Fragile lantern fish (Diaphus fragilis)
          • Diaphus fulgens (Diaphus fulgens)
          • Garman’s lanternfish (Diaphus garmani)
          • Diaphus gigas (Diaphus gigas)
          • Diaphus handi (Diaphus handi)
          • Small lantern fish (Diaphus holti)
          • Hudson’s lanternfish (Diaphus hudsoni)
          • Imposter lanternfish (Diaphus impostor)
          • Jensen’s lanternfish (Diaphus jenseni)
          • Kapala lanternfish (Diaphus kapalae)
          • Diaphus knappi (Diaphus knappi)
          • Diaphus kora (Diaphus kora)
          • Diaphus kuroshio (Diaphus kuroshio)
          • Diaphus lobatus (Diaphus lobatus)
          • Spotlight lanternfish (Diaphus lucidus)
          • Diaphus lucifrons (Diaphus lucifrons)
          • Luetken’s lanternfish (Diaphus luetkeni)
          • Malayan lanternfish (Diaphus malayanus)
          • Diaphus mascarensis (Diaphus mascarensis)
          • Mead’s lanternfish (Diaphus meadi)
          • Diaphus megalops (Diaphus megalops)
          • Spothead lantern fish (Diaphus metopoclampus)
          • Diaphus minax (Diaphus minax)
          • Soft lanternfish (Diaphus mollis)
          • Diaphus nielseni (Diaphus nielseni)
          • Ostenfeld’s lanternfish (Diaphus ostenfeldi)
          • Pacific headlightfish (Diaphus pacificus)
          • Diaphus pallidus (Diaphus pallidus)
          • Diaphus parini (Diaphus parini)
          • Parr’s lanternfish (Diaphus parri)
          • Transparent lantern fish (Diaphus perspicillatus)
          • Bolin’s lantern fish (Diaphus phillipsi)
          • Problematic lanternfish (Diaphus problematicus)
          • White-spotted lantern fish (Diaphus rafinesquii)
          • Regan’s lanternfish (Diaphus regani)
          • Diaphus richardsoni (Diaphus richardsoni)
          • Diaphus rivatoni (Diaphus rivatoni)
          • Diaphus roei (Diaphus roei)
          • Diaphus sagamiensis (Diaphus sagamiensis)
          • Diaphus schmidti (Diaphus schmidti)
          • Diaphus signatus (Diaphus signatus)
          • Diaphus similis (Diaphus similis)
          • Horned lanternfish (Diaphus splendidus)
          • Diaphus suborbitalis (Diaphus suborbitalis)
          • Diaphus subtilis (Diaphus subtilis)
          • Slopewater lanternfish (Diaphus taaningi)
          • Taaning’s lantern fish (Diaphus termophilus)
          • California headlightfish (Diaphus theta)
          • Thiolliere’s lanternfish (Diaphus thiollierei)
          • Diaphus trachops (Diaphus trachops)
          • Diaphus umbroculus (Diaphus umbroculus)
          • Diaphus vanhoeffeni (Diaphus vanhoeffeni)
          • Watases lanternfish (Diaphus watasei)
          • Diaphus whitleyi (Diaphus whitleyi)
          • Diaphus wisneri (Diaphus wisneri)
        • Diogenichthys - Diogenichthys->
        • Electrona - Electrona->
        • Gonichthys - Gonichthys->
        • Gymnoscopelus - Gymnoscopelus->
        • Hintonia - Hintonia->
        • Hygophum - Hygophum->
        • Idiolychnus - Idiolychnus->
        • Krefftichthys - Krefftichthys->
        • Lampadena - Lampadena->
        • Lampanyctodes - Lampanyctodes->
        • Lampanyctus - Lampanyctus->
        • Lampichthys - Lampichthys->
        • Lepidophanes - Lepidophanes->
        • Lobianchia - Lobianchia->
        • Loweina - Loweina->
        • Metelectrona - Metelectrona->
        • Notolychnus - Notolychnus->
        • Notoscopelus - Notoscopelus->
        • Parvilux - Parvilux->
        • Protomyctophum - Protomyctophum->
        • Scopelopsis - Scopelopsis->
        • Stenobrachius - Stenobrachius->
        • Symbolophorus - Symbolophorus->
        • Taaningichthys - Taaningichthys->
        • Tarletonbeania - Tarletonbeania->
        • Triphoturus - Triphoturus->
      • Neoscopelidae - Blackchins->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipnoi - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->