Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
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
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 latirostratus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus mediterraneus, Scopelus obliquus, Scopelus papuensis, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus regularis, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Island Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.