Parvilux Hubbs and Wisner 1964 (lanternfish)
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Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative spelling: Lampanyctus (Parvilux)
Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018
See also Paxton 1979 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampadena, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys, Triphoturus
Subtaxa: Parvilux ingens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at LACMIP 435, San Pedro (Quaternary of California)
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