Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025

See also Fraser-Brunner 1949 and Martin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Gymnoscopelinae, Lampanyctinae, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Tachynectes

Subtaxa: Dasyscopelus inopinatus Dasyscopelus orientalis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Piña Norte (Miocene of Panama)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.