Bottlelight
| Bottlelights Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present 37–0 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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:
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.
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