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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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