†Hoplichthys gobiomorphus Schwarzhans 1985 (ray-finned fish)
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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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