Taxonomía y presencia de dos mictófidos congenéricos, Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810) y L. intricarius Taning, 1928 en el Mediterráneo (Osteichthyes, Myctophidae)

Abstract

Taxonomy and presence of two congeneric myctophids, Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810) and L. intricarius Taning, 1928 in the Mediterranean Sea (Osteichthyes, Myctophidae)
The presence in the Mediterranean Sea of the myctophid Lampanyctus intricarius Taning, 1928 is discussed. Several Mediterranean specimens referred to the species L. intricarius and L. crocodilus (Risso, 1810) and some Atlantic specimens of L. intricarius are studied using numerical methods. The Mediterranean record of L. intricarius is thus based on misidentified specimens of L. crocodilus and so L. intricarius cannot be considered to be part of the Mediterranean ichthyofauna. The most important meristic characters distinguishing L. intricarius from L. crocodilus are also discussed.