Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combinations: Myctophum (Myctophum) affine, Scopelus affinis
Synonyms: Myctophum opalinum Goode and Bean 1895, Rhinoscopelus oceanicus Jordan and Evermann 1903
Belongs to Myctophum according to W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera 2013
See also Fraser-Brunner 1949
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Myctophum), Myctophum (Nasolychnus), Myctophum (Scopelus), Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum columnae, Myctophum danielli, Myctophum degraciai, Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum evermanni, Myctophum fibulatum, Myctophum gilberti, Myctophum hollandi, Myctophum imitata, Myctophum jacksoni, Myctophum laternatum, Myctophum licatae, Myctophum longipes, Myctophum luetkeni, Myctophum lychnobium, Myctophum margaritatum, Myctophum mundulum, Myctophum murbani, Myctophum nitidulum, Myctophum obtusirostris, Myctophum oroseinum, Myctophum praepterotum, Myctophum pulchrum, Myctophum punctatum, Myctophum renschi, Myctophum robustus, Myctophum selenops, Myctophum simile, Myctophum spinosum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophum tamumuensis, Myctophum tenellum, Myctophum tenisoni, Myctophum tenuiforme, Myctophum townsendi, Myctophum unicum, Myctophum weileri, Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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