Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Martin et al. 2018, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013, Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Bolinichthys, Dasyscopelus, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Gymnoscopelinae, Lampanyctinae, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Symbolophorus, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Benthosema concentricus Benthosema duanformis Benthosema fibulatum Benthosema fitchi Benthosema glaciale Benthosema minutum Benthosema panamense Benthosema parafibulatum Benthosema pinchoti Benthosema pluridens Benthosema pterota Benthosema pterotum Benthosema suborbitale
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections), Italy (6), Japan (1), Taiwan (1), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Japan (6), Taiwan (4), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of France (1), Greece (6), Italy (14), New Zealand (11), Panama (2)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 65 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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