Hygophum germanicum Heinrich 1969 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: W.-D. Heinrich. 1969. Fischotolithen aus dem Obermiozän von Hohen Woos. Geologie Zeitschrift für das Gesamtgebiet der Geologischen Wissenschaften 18(67):1-111

Belongs to Hygophum according to R. Brzobohaty and D. Nolf 1996

See also Heinrich 1969

Sister taxa: Hygophum acutiventris, Hygophum agatense, Hygophum agrigentensis, Hygophum benoiti, Hygophum circularis, Hygophum derthonensis, Hygophum hygomi, Hygophum macrochir, Hygophum orcianensis, Hygophum pabloensis, Hygophum probenoiti, Hygophum proximum, Hygophum reinhardtii, Hygophum rotundum, Hygophum taaningi, Myctophum (Hygophum) hanseni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tongrube Hohen Woos, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Germany

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tongrube Hohen Woos

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