†Saccogaster torpidus Schwarzhans 1985 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 1985. Tertiäre Otolithen aus South Australia und Victoria (Australien). Palaeo Ichthyology 3:1-60
Belongs to Saccogaster according to W. Schwarzhans 1985
Sister taxa: Saccogaster batanga, Saccogaster citreus, Saccogaster parengarenga
Type specimen: SAM P. 24958, an otolith. Its type locality is Blanche Point, which is in a Priabonian coastal marl in the Blanch Point Formation of Australia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Blanche Point
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