†Ceratoscopelus priscus Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 (lanternfish)
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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 Ceratoscopelus according to W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera 2013
Sister taxa: Ceratoscopelus maderensis, Ceratoscopelus miocenicus, Ceratoscopelus richardsoni, Ceratoscopelus townsendi, Ceratoscopelus warmingi, Ceratoscopelus weileri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Paraguana Peninsula, which is in a Zanclean marine marl in the Cubagua Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Paraguana Peninsula
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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