Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Nolf 1972, Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Stinton and Nolf 1970 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Lepophidium cervinum Lepophidium chonorum Lepophidium latesulcatum Lepophidium limulum Lepophidium mapucheorum Lepophidium negropinna
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: California, Louisiana collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Chile (8), Panama (7)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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