Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae

Full reference: S. Afsari, M. Yadiz, A. Bahrami and G. Carnevale. 2014. A new deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Eocene of Ilam, Zagros Basin, Iran. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 53(1):27-37

Parent taxon: Sternoptychidae according to S. Afsari et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Argyripnus, Argyropelecus, Danaphos, Discosternon, Maurolicus, Polyipnoides, Polyipnus, Sternoptychidarum, Sternoptyx, Valenciennellus

Subtaxa: Eosternoptyx discoidalis

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Type: Eosternoptyx discoidalis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ilam, east (Eocene to Eocene of Iran)

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