Family Myctophidae Gill 1893 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Alternative spelling: Myctophydae

Parent taxon: Myctophiformes according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018

See also Applegate 1970, Betancur et al. 2013, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, David 1943, Denton 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Girone et al. 2006, Gregorova 2004, Jordan 1963, Lin et al. 2017, Nelson et al. 2016, Prokofiev 2006, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 2003 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Chlorophthalmoidei, Neoscopelidae, Sardinioididae, Sardinius, Synodontoidei

Subtaxa: Aethoprora Diaphinae Diaphus Eokrefftia Eomyctophinae Eomyctophum Gymnoscopelinae Hygophum Lampanyctinae Lampanyctus Myctophidarum Myctophinae Myctophum Notolychninae Scopelus Tachynectes

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Quaternary of Brazil (1), Greece (13), Italy (8), Japan (4), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), United States (11: California, Louisiana, Oregon)

• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1), Panama (9)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (1), Greece (5), Italy (9), Jamaica (1), Japan (11), New Zealand (5), Panama (11), United States (5: California, North Carolina), Venezuela (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (6), Angola (3), Brazil (1), the Czech Republic (4), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (2), France (5), Gabon (4), Germany (2), Greece (21), Italy (32), Japan (4), Mexico (1), New Zealand (55), Panama (14), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (8: California), Venezuela (2)

• Neogene of Indonesia (2)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (6), Hungary (5), Italy (2), New Zealand (5), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Brazil (1), France (7), Italy (1), New Zealand (7), Tonga (1), United States (3: Texas)

• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Australia (1), Denmark (2)

• Paleogene of the Czech Republic (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (2), Italy (1), Japan (1)

Total: 358 collections including 1491 occurrences

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