Scopelus ellipticus Sulc 1932 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: J. Sulc. 1932. Otolity Paleogénu okolí biarritz. Rozpravy Statniho Geologickeho Ustavu Ceskoslovenske Republiky 7:1-94

Belongs to Scopelus according to G. A. Frost 1934

See also Sulc 1932

Sister taxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani, Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti, Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum, Scopelus argenteus, Scopelus biarritzensis, 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 regularis, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waingake, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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