Sternoptychidarum Unknown (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae

Parent taxon: Sternoptychidae according to E. Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Argyripnus, Argyropelecus, Danaphos, Discosternon, Eosternoptyx, Maurolicus, Polyipnoides, Polyipnus, Sternoptyx, Valenciennellus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls (Oligocene of France)

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