Extinct genus of fishes
Eomyctophum ("dawn "Myctophum"") is an extinct genus of lanternfish that inhabited the Paratethys Sea during the Oligocene. It is the only member of the extinct subfamily Eomyctophinae, although "Eokrefftia" may also belong in it. Its remains are known from throughout eastern Europe &amp; western Asia in both the Caucasus and Carpathians, and comprise both articulated skeletons and otoliths, suggesting it was a particularly common fish.
The following species are known:
The former species "E. gracilis" and "E. limicolus" are now placed in the blackchin "Beckerophotus" and the lanternfish "Oligophus" respectively.
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