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''Stenobrachius'' is a genus of
lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...
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Species

There are currently two extant and three extinct
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Middle Miocene The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), epoch made up of two Stage (stratigraphy), stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene. The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0. ...
species recognized in this genus: * '' Stenobrachius leucopsarus'' ( C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890) (Northern lampfish) * '' Stenobrachius nannochir'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Garnet lanternfish) * †''Stenobrachius salnikovi'' (Nazarkin & Nesov, 1995) * †''Stenobrachius sangsunii'' (Nam & Nazarkin, 2022) * †''Stenobrachius ohashii'' (Schwarzhans ''et al.'', 2022)


References

Myctophidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann {{Myctophiformes-stub