Gonichthys Gistel 1850 (lanternfish)
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Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Synonyms: Alysia Lowe 1839, Rhinoscopelus Lütken 1829, Scopelus (Rhinoscopelus) Lütken 1829
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018
See also Fraser-Brunner 1949
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: Gonichthys bornesi Gonichthys cocco
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gonichthys in the database
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