Lampanyctus waiohaensis Schwarzhans 2019 (lanternfish)

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 ItalianĂ  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 profestus, Lampanyctus punctatissimus, Lampanyctus pussilus, Lampanyctus reductus, Lampanyctus regalis, Lampanyctus remifer, Lampanyctus ritteri, Lampanyctus serratus, Lampanyctus steinbecki, Lampanyctus stilbius, Lampanyctus taaningi, Myctophum (Lampanyctus) ecnomi, Myctophum (Lampanyctus) licatae, Serpa blacki, Serpa hoffmanni, Serpa bensoni

Type specimen: NMNZ S.47220, an otolith. Its type locality is Parengarenga Harbour North shore, which is in an Otaian marine sandstone in the Waioha Shellbeds Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Parengarenga Harbour North shore

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