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Myctophum punctatus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. affine (syn. Rhinoscopelus oceanicus, M. opalinum), M. americanum, M. antelaternatum, M. arcanum, M. asperum (syn. Dasyscopelus naufragus), M. bortonensis, M. braueri, M. columnae, M. danielli, M. degraciai, M. dorsale, M. evermanni, M. fibulatum, M. gilberti, M. hollandi, M. imitata, M. jacksoni, M. laternatum, M. licatae, M. longipes, M. luetkeni, M. lychnobium, M. margaritatum, M. mundulum, M. murbani, M. nitidulum, M. obtusirostris, M. oroseinum, M. praepterotum, M. pulchrum, M. punctatum (syn. Scopelus caninianus, Scopelus mulleri, Scopelus heideri), M. renschi, M. robustus, M. selenops, M. simile, M. spinosum, M. splendidum, M. tamumuensis, M. tenellum, M. tenisoni, M. tenuiforme, M. townsendi, M. unicum, M. weileri, Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
genusMyctophumRafinesque 1810
speciespunctatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Myctophum punctatus (118106)