Centrobranchus Fowler 1904 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018

See also Fraser-Brunner 1949

Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania

Subtaxa: Centrobranchus andreae Centrobranchus nigroocellatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Centrobranchus in the database

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