Symbolophorus moriguchii Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe. 2019. Lanternfish otoliths (Teleostei, Myctophidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Japan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125(2):355-400

Belongs to Symbolophorus according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019

Sister taxa: Symbolophorus biatlanticus, Symbolophorus boops, Symbolophorus californiensis, Symbolophorus meridionalis, Symbolophorus opononiensis, Symbolophorus prionotus, Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis, Symbolophorus veranyi

Type specimen: SMF PO 101005, an otolith. Its type locality is Tobaru, which is in a Piacenzian deep subtidal shelf mudstone in the Shinzato Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tobaru

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