†Menidarum occultus Nolf and Bajpai 1992 (moonfish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Menidae
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 Menidarum according to D. Nolf and S. Bajpai 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: P 5927, an otolith. Its type locality is Rato Nala bridge no. 241, which is in a Lutetian marine claystone in the Harudi Formation of India.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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