Lepidophanes Fraser-Brunner 1949 (lanternfish)
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Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
See also Martin et al. 2018 and Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Dasyscopelus, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Eomyctophum, Gymnoscopelinae, Lampanyctinae, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Lepidophanes brassoensis Lepidophanes inflectus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Miocene of Panama (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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