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myctophid, n. and a. Zool.|ˈmɪktəfɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Myctophidæ, f. the generic name Myctophum (C. S. Rafinesque Indice d'Ittiologia Siciliana (1810) 56), f. Gr. µυκτήρ nose + ὄϕις snake: see -id3.]
A small, marine, deep-water fish of the family Myctophidæ, distinguished by luminous organs along its sides; also called lantern-fish. Also as adj., of or pertaining to this family of fishes.
1931J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes viii. 151 In the Myctophids or Lantern-fishes (Myctophidae) the photophores are fewer in number. 1956A. Hardy Open Sea xii. 233 There are a great many different species of myctophids, but most are very similar in appearance. Ibid. 245 (caption) A myctophid Lantern-fish Myctophum punctatum. 1971Nature 29 Oct. 623/2 The myctophids, or lantern fishes..are among the most common and widely distributed deep-sea fishes known. |