Notoscopelus Guenther 1864 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Synonyms: Catablemella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890, Macrostoma Agassiz 1839

Parent taxon: Gymnoscopelinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019

See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Martin et al. 2018, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Ohe and Araki 1973, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hintonia, Lampanyctodes, Lampichthys, Scopelopsis

Subtaxa: Macrostoma altum Macrostoma grayi Notoscopelus bolini Notoscopelus castaneus Notoscopelus caudispinosus Notoscopelus effertus Notoscopelus elongatus Notoscopelus kuboensis Notoscopelus margaritifer Notoscopelus mediterraneus Notoscopelus praejaponicus Notoscopelus resplendens Notoscopelus scopelopsoides

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Italy (5), Japan (3), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)

• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Greece (6), Italy (8), Japan (2), New Zealand (25)

Total: 72 collections including 88 occurrences

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