Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combination: Scopelus maderensis
Synonyms: Nyctophus bonapartii Cocco 1838, Scopelus acanthurus Facciola 1882, Scopelus doderleini Facciola 1882
Belongs to Ceratoscopelus according to A. Girone et al. 2006
See also Fraser-Brunner 1949 and Schwarzhans 1978
Sister taxa: Ceratoscopelus miocenicus, Ceratoscopelus priscus, Ceratoscopelus richardsoni, Ceratoscopelus townsendi, Ceratoscopelus warmingi, Ceratoscopelus weileri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Italy (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (6), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Greece (6)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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