Family Neoscopelidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Neoscopelidae
Parent taxon: Myctophiformes according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Lin et al. 2017, Martin et al. 2018, Nelson et al. 2016 and Prokofiev 2006
Sister taxa: Chlorophthalmoidei, Myctophidae, Sardinioididae, Sardinius, Synodontoidei
Subtaxa: Neoscopelinae Neoscopelus Sardinioidinae Scopelengys Solivomer
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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