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Hygophum benoiti (Benoit's lanternfish)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus benoisti was named by Cocco (1838). It is extant.

It was corrected as Scopelus benoiti by Bonaparte (1840); it was recombined as Hygophum benoiti by Fraser-Brunner (1949), Steurbaut (1979), Stringer (1998), Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. hygomii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Scopelus benoisti Cocco
1840Scopelus benoiti Bonaparte
1949Hygophum benoiti Fraser-Brunner p. 1049
1979Hygophum benoiti Steurbaut p. 60
1998Hygophum benoiti Stringer p. 150
2006Hygophum benoiti Girone et al. p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyMyctophinaeFowler 1925
genusHygophumBolin 1939
speciesbenoiti(Cocco 1838)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hygophum benoiti Cocco 1838 [Benoit's lanternfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Hygophum benoiti (220042)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Hygophum benoiti (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Hygophum benoiti (210258)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) Hygophum benoiti (207357)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Hygophum benoiti (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Hygophum benoiti (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Hygophum benoiti (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Hygophum benoiti (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Hygophum benoiti (207577)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Hygophum benoiti (207578)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Hygophum benoiti (207573 207575)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Hygophum benoiti (207568 207570)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Hygophum benoiti (159361)