Hoplichthys gobiomorphus Schwarzhans 1985 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Hoplichthyidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 1985. TertiƤre Otolithen aus South Australia und Victoria (Australien). Palaeo Ichthyology 3:1-60

Belongs to Hoplichthys according to W. Schwarzhans 1985

Sister taxon: Hoplichthys multistriatus

Type specimen: SAM P 19988, an otolith. Its type locality is Old Metropolitan Abattoirs, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Australia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Old Metropolitan Abattoirs

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