Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326

Belongs to Myctophum according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Myctophum (Myctophum), Myctophum (Nasolychnus), Myctophum (Scopelus), Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Bortonian marine sandstone in New Zealand

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waihao River, south branch

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.