Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combination: Diaphus pseudopulcher
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Diaphus (Lamprossa) according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Diaphus (Lamprossa) anteorbitalis, Diaphus (Lamprossa) chrysorhynchus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) coeruleus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) effulgens, Diaphus (Lamprossa) elucens, Diaphus (Lamprossa) garmani, Diaphus (Lamprossa) jenseni, Diaphus (Lamprossa) lucidus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) macrophus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) malayanus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) metopoclampus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) ostenfeldi, Diaphus (Lamprossa) problematicus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) regani, Diaphus (Lamprossa) schmidti, Diaphus (Lamprossa) signatus, Diaphus (Lamprossa) tanakae, Diaphus (Lamprossa) watasei, Diaphus (Lamprossa) weberi
Type specimen: Its type locality is GS 13062, which is in a Tongaporutuan marine mudstone in the Bells Creek Mudstone Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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