Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: Electrona (Elampa) Electrona (Electrona) Electrona (Hierops) Electrona (Protomyctophum) Electrona anfossimosnai Electrona keyesi Electrona paucirastra Electrona rissoi Electrona subasperoides
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Italy (5), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (5), Japan (2), New Zealand (2), United States (3: California), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (12)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
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