Taaningichthys Bolin 1959 (lanternfish)

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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