†subfamily Neobythitinae Radcliffe 1913 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017

See also Lin et al. 2017, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011, Schwarzhans et al. 2017 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Zonobythites

Subtaxa: Glyptophidium Monomitopus Neobythitini

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)

• Miocene of New Zealand (4)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (5), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Louisiana)

Total: 21 collections including 26 occurrences

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