Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: A. Fraser-Brunner. 1949. A classification of the fishers in the Family Myctophidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118(4):1019-1106
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Hygophum, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Chile (3), New Zealand (7)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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