Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
See also Fraser-Brunner 1949, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Dasyscopelus, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Gymnoscopelinae, Lampanyctinae, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Diogenichthys aguilerai Diogenichthys hulleyi Diogenichthys laternatum Diogenichthys panurgus Diogenichthys rangiauriensis Diogenichthys scofieldi
Type: Myctophum laternatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Chile (6), Gabon (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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