Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 (spotted lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Alternative combination: Myctophum (Myctophum) punctatum

Synonyms: Scopelus caninianus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1828, Scopelus heideri Steindachner 1881, Scopelus mulleri Goode 1884

Belongs to Myctophum according to A. Girone et al. 2006

See also Aguilera and de Aguilera 2001, Fraser-Brunner 1949 and Nolf and Steurbaut 1983

Sister taxa: Myctophum (Myctophum), Myctophum (Nasolychnus), Myctophum (Scopelus), Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum columnae, Myctophum danielli, Myctophum degraciai, Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum evermanni, Myctophum fibulatum, Myctophum gilberti, Myctophum hollandi, Myctophum imitata, Myctophum jacksoni, Myctophum laternatum, Myctophum licatae, Myctophum longipes, Myctophum luetkeni, Myctophum lychnobium, Myctophum margaritatum, Myctophum mundulum, Myctophum murbani, Myctophum nitidulum, Myctophum obtusirostris, Myctophum oroseinum, Myctophum praepterotum, Myctophum pulchrum, Myctophum renschi, Myctophum robustus, Myctophum selenops, Myctophum simile, Myctophum spinosum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophum tamumuensis, Myctophum tenellum, Myctophum tenisoni, Myctophum tenuiforme, Myctophum townsendi, Myctophum unicum, Myctophum weileri, Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections), Italy (6)

• Miocene of Greece (1), Italy (4)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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