Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Alternative combination: Aspius columnae

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1873. Memoire sur la faune ichthyologigue de la periode Tertiare et plus specialement sur les poissons fossiles d'Oran et de Licata. Annales des Sciences Geologiques 4:1-272

Belongs to Myctophum according to R. Gregorova 2004

See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986 and Sauvage 1873

Sister taxa: Myctophum affine, Myctophum americanum, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum danielli, Myctophum degraciai, Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum evermanni, Myctophum jacksoni, Myctophum licatae, Myctophum mundulum, Myctophum murbani, Myctophum nitidulum, Myctophum normani, Myctophum oroseinum, Myctophum praepterotum, Myctophum pulchrum, Myctophum punctatum, Myctophum robustus, Myctophum selenops, Myctophum spinosum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophum tamumuensis, Myctophum tenellum, Myctophum unicum, Myctophum weileri

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (5 collections), Italy (8)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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