Anchoa nitida Schwarzhans 1980 (herring)

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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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.