Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, Leuciscus dorsalis, Myctophum dorsalae
Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26
Belongs to Myctophum according to J. Gaudant 2008
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gregorova 2004 and Sauvage 1870
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Myctophum), Myctophum (Nasolychnus), Myctophum (Scopelus), Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum columnae, Myctophum danielli, Myctophum degraciai, Myctophum evermanni, Myctophum fibulatum, Myctophum gilberti, Myctophum hollandi, Myctophum imitata, Myctophum jacksoni, Myctophum laternatum, Myctophum licatae, Myctophum longipes, Myctophum luetkeni, Myctophum lychnobium, Myctophum margaritatum, Myctophum mundulum, Myctophum murbani, Myctophum nitidulum, Myctophum obtusirostris, Myctophum oroseinum, Myctophum praepterotum, Myctophum pulchrum, Myctophum punctatum, Myctophum renschi, Myctophum robustus, Myctophum selenops, Myctophum simile, Myctophum spinosum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophum tamumuensis, Myctophum tenellum, Myctophum tenisoni, Myctophum tenuiforme, Myctophum townsendi, Myctophum unicum, Myctophum weileri, Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir
Type specimen: Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (4 collections), Greece (4), Italy (8)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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