†family Lycopteridae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Lycopteridae

Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to Chang and Chou 1974

See also Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Heterosteoglossum, Lopadichthys, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys

Subtaxa: Aokiichthys Changichthys Yungkangichthys

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Type: Lycoptera

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Japan (2)

Total: 3 collections including 8 occurrences

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