''Protomyctophum parallelum'' is a species of

lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented ...

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Lampanyctus Fish described in 1905 {{Myctophiformes-stub