Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150
Belongs to Myctophum according to W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera 2013
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Myctophum), Myctophum (Nasolychnus), Myctophum (Scopelus), Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum columnae, Myctophum danielli, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is PPP 1652, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine sandstone in the Chagres Sandstone Formation of Panama
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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