Photocorynus

Photocorynus is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Linophrynidae, the leftvents. The only species in the genus is Photocorynus spiniceps.

Photocorynus was first proposed as a genus in 1925 by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan when he described its only species, P. spiniceps. The holotype of P. spiniceps was collected by the Danish research vessel Dana from the Gulf of Panama at 7°15'N, 78°54'W, from a depth of around 1,250 m (4,100 ft). The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this taxon in the family Linophrynidae, within the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep sea anglerfishes, of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes.