Taaningichthys Bolin 1959 (lanternfish)
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Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018
See also Ohe 1993
Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampadena, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Triphoturus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chita (Loc. 26) (Miocene of Japan)
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