Family Scopelarchidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae
Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Halecoidei, Ichthyotringoidei, Lestidiidae, Notolepis, Paralepididae, Paraulopidae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Synodidae
Subtaxa: Benthalbella Scopelarchidae nolfi Scopelarchoides Scopelarchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of France (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Romania (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence