| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Myctophidae | Protomyctophum arcticum | (Lutken) | 1892 | Arctic Lampfish |
Protomyctophum arcticum
Unique Characteristics: Two Prc photophores. No photophores above lateral line. AO in a single uninterrupted series; Pol absent. PVO1-2 in an almost horizontal line, a line through them markedly above PO1; interorbital very narrow; eyes pointed upward, almost telescopic (FAO 2002).
Similar Species: None
References:
(FAO 2002). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volumes 1-3. K.E. Carpenter (ed.). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 4099p. (Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/y4160e/y4160e00.htm).
(FAO 2020) Sutton, T.T., P.A. Hulley, R. Wienerroither, D. Zaera-Perez, and J.R. Paxton. 2020. Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Rome, FAO. 2020. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0365en.