Parvilux Hubbs and Wisner 1964 (lanternfish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP 435, San Pedro (Quaternary of California)

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