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  • Bioluminescent bristlemouth

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    By PRK

    Taxonomy

    Bristlemouth

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Stomiiformes
    Family: Gonostomatidae
    Genus: Cyclothone
    Species: Cyclothone sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene
    International Age: most likely Late Miocene

    Stratigraphy

    unknown Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Prk
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 2 cm

    Location

    unknown
    California
    United States

    Comments

    Though the exact age and location is unknown, this is an excellent example of a deep water fish found usually at depths exceeding 1000 feet.  Even the small bioluminescent light organs (photophores) are preserved as small dots along the ventral region of the tail section.

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    User Feedback


    JohnJ

    @PRK  Hi Paul, could you review your entry and correct the errors in the Taxonomy and Geology sections using THIS LINK and THIS LINK.  Thanks for the help.  :)

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    Fossildude19

    Fossildude19

    Posted

    Paul, 

     

    I thought the fossil fishes from California were Late Miocene in age?

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