Scopelus excavatus Sulc 1932 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: J. Sulc. 1932. Otolity Paleogénu okolí biarritz. Rozpravy Statniho Geologickeho Ustavu Ceskoslovenske Republiky 7:1-94

Belongs to Scopelus according to J. Sulc 1932

Sister taxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani, Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti, Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum, Scopelus argenteus, Scopelus biarritzensis, Scopelus ellipticus, Scopelus fragilis, Scopelus frosti, Scopelus incisus, Scopelus kokeni, Scopelus lacertosus, Scopelus laminatus, Scopelus latirostratus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus mediterraneus, Scopelus obliquus, Scopelus papuensis, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus regularis, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Biarritz, which is in a Priabonian deep subtidal marl in France

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Biarritz

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