Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: F. Ohe and Y. Araki. 1973. Some Miocene fish otoliths from the Yakuoji Formation, Tsu, Mie Prefecture. Science reports of the Tohoku University, second ser. (Geology) 6:407-413
Belongs to Hygophum according to F. Ohe and Y. Araki 1973
Sister taxa: Hygophum acutiventris, Hygophum agatense, Hygophum agrigentensis, Hygophum benoiti, Hygophum circularis, Hygophum derthonensis, Hygophum germanicum, Hygophum hygomi, Hygophum macrochir, Hygophum orcianensis, Hygophum pabloensis, Hygophum probenoiti, Hygophum proximum, Hygophum reinhardtii, Hygophum taaningi, Myctophum (Hygophum) hanseni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kubo-cho, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone/siltstone in the Yakuoji Formation of Japan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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