Myctophum Rafinesque 1810 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

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, 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, Scopelus, Tachynectes

Subtaxa: 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 jacksoni Myctophum licatae Myctophum mundulum Myctophum murbani Myctophum nitidulum Myctophum normani Myctophum oroseinum Myctophum praepterotum Myctophum pulchrum Myctophum punctatum Myctophum robustus Myctophum selenops Myctophum spinosum Myctophum splendidum Myctophum tamumuensis Myctophum tenellum Myctophum unicum Myctophum weileri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections), Italy (6), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), New Zealand (1), Panama (4), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Algeria (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (2), Greece (17), Italy (23), New Zealand (6), Panama (5), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Romania (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 102 collections including 155 occurrences

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