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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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