Abstract
Descriptions and geographical ranges are given, and holotypes and paratypes and their disposition are designated, for eight new species, involving six genera, of the family Myctophidae from the eastern Pacific Ocean between the Americas and 160? W longitude: Protomyctophum (Hierops) chilensis, from the Peru Current off Chile, P. (H.) beckeri from the central tropical Pacific, Hygophum bruuni from the Peru Current off Chile, Myctophum selenoides from the Hawaiian area and southward to the equator, Loweina laurae from the eastern Pacific between about 30? N and 30? S, Diaphus rolfbolini from the warmer waters of the Pacific, Lampanyctus fernae and L. simulator from a narrow region of the North Pacific between about 30?-35? N, 135?-180? W.
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