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Neoscopelidae

Description


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4218https://www.gbif.org/species/4218
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)266049https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266049
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Myctophiformes : Neoscopelidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Myctophiformes : Neoscopelidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyNeoscopelidae
Scientific NameNeoscopelidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Neoscopelidaefamilybelongs to Myctophoideistated without evidenceProkofiev, 2006
Neoscopelidaefamilybelongs to Myctophiformesstated with evidenceBetancur-R et al., 2013
Neoscopelidaefamilybelongs to Myctophiformesstated without evidenceLin et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (25%)
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Myctophiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Myctophiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. López, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life
Common Name(s) Blackchins, ソトオリイワシ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoscopelidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Neoscopelinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Sardinioidinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)159.2 Ma
Paleocene
59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Neocassandra
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neoscopelus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
247.8 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Scopelengys
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Solivomer
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2006Neoscopelidae Prokofiev p. S50
2013Neoscopelidae Betancur-R. et al.
2017Neoscopelidae Lin et al. p. 889

References

Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288
Prokofiev A. M. (2006) Fossil Myctophoid Fishes (Myctophiformes: Myctophoidei) from Russia and Adjacent Regions, Journal of Ichthyology 46 Suppl. 1, S38-S83
Lin C.-H., Nolf D., et al (2017) Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 11, 879-907 doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1246112
Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Stiassny, Melanie L. J. / Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Lynne R. Parenti, and G. David Johnson, 1996: Basal Ctenosquamate Relationships and the Interrelationships of the Myctophiform (Scopelomorph) Fishes. Interrelationships of Fishes. xiii + 496. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Eschmeyer online (Jul 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Marine Species
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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