Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combination: Benthosema regulare
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144
Belongs to Scopelus according to G. A. Frost 1934
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani, Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti, Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum, Scopelus argenteus, Scopelus biarritzensis, Scopelus ellipticus, Scopelus excavatus, Scopelus fragilis, Scopelus frosti, Scopelus incisus, Scopelus kokeni, Scopelus lacertosus, Scopelus laminatus, Scopelus latirostratus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus mediterraneus, Scopelus obliquus, Scopelus papuensis, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc 1372, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (11 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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