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Myctophidae gen. et sp. indet., Lanternfish(es)

family Myctophidae Gill, 1893

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (84.9 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii, order Myctophiformes

• Distribution
• Miocene: Iwate, Nagano, Aichi
• Pliocene: Niigata, Shizuoka
• Investigation in progress: Yamagata

• Subtaxa
• Diaphus, genus
• Lampadena nanae
• Nannobrachium regale, Pinpoint lampfish