灯笼鱼目是辐鳍鱼纲的其中一目。其下分成2科：

• 新灯笼鱼科(Neoscopelidae)
• 灯笼鱼科(Myctophidae)

The Myctophiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes consisting of two families of deep-sea marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelidae) contain six species in three genera, while the bulk of the family belongs to the Myctophidae, with over 30 genera and some 252 species.