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 Lampanyctus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Lampanyctus (Lampanyctus), Lampanyctus (Lepidophanes), Lampanyctus (Triphoturus), Lampanyctus alatus, Lampanyctus ater, Lampanyctus crocodilus, Lampanyctus cuprarius, Lampanyctus ecnomi, Lampanyctus festivus, Lampanyctus fraserbrunneri, Lampanyctus fraseri, Lampanyctus idostigma, Lampanyctus intricarius, Lampanyctus iselini, Lampanyctus joubini, Lampanyctus latesulcatus, Lampanyctus licatae, Lampanyctus longaevus, Lampanyctus microchir, Lampanyctus microsoma, Lampanyctus nicholsi, Lampanyctus nobilis, Lampanyctus omostigma, Lampanyctus peculiaris, Lampanyctus petrolifer, Lampanyctus photonotus, Lampanyctus photothorax, Lampanyctus piabilis, Lampanyctus polyphotos, Lampanyctus popoto, Lampanyctus punctatissimus, Lampanyctus pussilus, Lampanyctus reductus, Lampanyctus regalis, Lampanyctus remifer, Lampanyctus ritteri, Lampanyctus serratus, Lampanyctus steinbecki, Lampanyctus stilbius, Lampanyctus taaningi, Lampanyctus waiohaensis, Myctophum (Lampanyctus) ecnomi, Myctophum (Lampanyctus) licatae, Serpa bensoni, Serpa hoffmanni, Serpa blacki
Type specimen: NMNZ S.47218, an otolith. Its type locality is Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian marine siltstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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