Ortugobius cascus Schwarzhans et al. 2017 (goby)

Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans, F. Ohe, and Y. Ando. 2017. An Early Oligocene fish-fauna from Japan reconstructed from otoliths. Zitteliana 90:3-26

Belongs to Ortugobius according to W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MFM 207009, an otolith. Its type locality is Shimohirano River, which is in a Rupelian marine sandstone in the Kishima Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Shimohirano River

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