†Anchoa nitida Schwarzhans 1980 (herring)
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Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alternative combination: Sprattus nitida
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Anchoa according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri
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