Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Girone et al. 2006, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: Protomyctophum ahunga Protomyctophum arcticum Protomyctophum crockeri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of New Zealand (7)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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