Bottlelights Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Sternoptychidae |
Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
Genus: | Danaphos Bruun, 1931 |
Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.[3]