Brotula (ray-finned fish)
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Parent taxon: Ophidiiformes according to T. Přikryl and G. Carnevale 2018
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Casier 1966, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Benthocometes, Bythitoidei, Carapidae, Dannevigia, Ophididae, Ophidiidae, Ophidioidei, Parabrotulidae, Rhodichthyidae
Subtaxa: Brotula arcuata Brotula longipinnata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Jamaica (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of France (1), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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