Subfamily Lampanyctinae Paxton 1972 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019

See also Denton 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Martin et al. 2018, Přikryl et al. 2017, Prokofiev 2006, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Eomyctophum, Gymnoscopelinae, Hygophum, Lampanyctus, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Scopelus, Tachynectes

Subtaxa: Bolinichthys Ceratoscopelus Diaphini Gymnoscopelini Gymnoscopelus Lampadena Lampanictini Lampanyctini Lepidophanes Oligophus Parvilux Stenobrachius Taaningichthys Triphoturus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Italy (6), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (8: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Greece (3), Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Japan (5), New Zealand (1), United States (4: California, North Carolina), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Angola (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Gabon (1), Greece (8), Italy (15), Japan (3), New Zealand (8), Panama (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Ukraine (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)

• Eocene of Brazil (1)

Total: 95 collections including 131 occurrences

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