Apogon townsendoides Nolf and Bajpai 1992 (Cardinalfish)

Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae

Full reference: D. Nolf and S. Bajpai. 1992. Marine middle Eocene fish otoliths from India and Java. Bulletin de I'lnstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 62:195-221

Belongs to Apogon according to D. Nolf and S. Bajpai 1992

Sister taxa: Apogon arambourgi, Apogon banaticus, Apogon bellovacinus, Apogon gaasensis, Apogon glaber, Apogon lozanoi, Apogon moyesi, Apogon quadrangularis, Apogon ruber, Apogon spinosus

Type specimen: IRSNB P 5957, an otolith. Its type locality is Nanggulan, northwest, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Nanggulan Formation of Indonesia.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Nanggulan, northwest

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