Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
See also Martin et al. 2018 and Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Dasyscopelus, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Lampanyctinae, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Hintonia Lampanyctodes Lampichthys Notoscopelus Scopelopsis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Quaternary of Greece (9), Italy (5), Japan (4), New Zealand (2), United States (1: California)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (4), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), New Zealand (4), Taiwan (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (8), Greece (7), Italy (11), Japan (2), New Zealand (26)
Total: 93 collections including 140 occurrences