Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combination: Scopelus elongatus
Synonyms: Macrostoma angustidens Jordan and Evermann 1896, Notoscopelus brachychir Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1891, Notoscopelus ejectus Waite 1904, Notoscopelus quercinus Goode and Bean 1895, Scopelus crocodilus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1849, Scopelus kroyeri Malm 1863, Scopelus pseudocrocodilus Moreau 1891
Belongs to Notoscopelus according to A. Girone et al. 2006
See also Brzobohaty and Nolf 1996, Fraser-Brunner 1949 and Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
Sister taxa: Notoscopelus bolini, Notoscopelus castaneus, Notoscopelus caudispinosus, Notoscopelus effertus, Notoscopelus kuboensis, Notoscopelus margaritifer, Notoscopelus mediterraneus, Notoscopelus praejaponicus, Notoscopelus resplendens, Notoscopelus scopelopsoides, Macrostoma altum, Macrostoma grayi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Italy (5)
• Miocene of Greece (3), Italy (7), Japan (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
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