Oligophus Gregorova 2004 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: R. Gregorova. 2004. A new Oligocene genus of lanternfish (family Myctophidae) from the Carpathian Mountains. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 9:81-97

Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to T. Přikryl et al. 2017

See also Gregorova 2004 and Prokofiev 2006

Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampadena, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys, Triphoturus

Subtaxa: Oligophus moravicus

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Type: Leuciscus moravicus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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