Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative spelling: Scopelus (Myctophum)
Synonyms: Mychtophus Cocco 1838, Myctophus Cocco 1829
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to T. Argyriou 2022
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986, Ciobanu 1977, Constantin 1999, Denton 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Gaudant 2008, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gaudant et al. 2005, Gaudant et al. 2006, Girone et al. 2006, Heinrich 1969, Martin et al. 2018, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013, Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019, Sepkoski 2002 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Eomyctophum, Gymnoscopelinae, Hygophum, Lampanyctinae, Lampanyctus, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Notolychninae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: 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 punctatum 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), Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), Panama (4), Venezuela (2)
• Neogene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (2), Greece (17), Italy (23), New Zealand (22), Panama (5), Romania (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2), Romania (1)
• Eocene of France (1), New Zealand (1), United States (3: Texas)
Total: 124 collections including 190 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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