Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Denton 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Martin et al. 2018, Přikryl et al. 2017, Prokofiev 2006, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Eomyctophum, Gymnoscopelinae, Hygophum, Lampanyctus, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Bolinichthys Ceratoscopelus Diaphini Gymnoscopelini Gymnoscopelus Lampadena Lampanictini Lampanyctini Lepidophanes Oligophus Parvilux Stenobrachius Taaningichthys Triphoturus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Italy (6), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (8: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Greece (3), Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Japan (5), New Zealand (1), United States (4: California, North Carolina), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Angola (1), Czechia (1), France (1), Gabon (1), Greece (8), Italy (15), Japan (3), New Zealand (8), Panama (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)
• Eocene of Brazil (1)
Total: 95 collections including 132 occurrences