Trachichthodes pulcher Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Beryciformes

Alternative combination: Centroberyx pulcher

Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269

Belongs to Trachichthodes according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980

See also Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Trachichthodes circularis, Trachichthodes integer, Trachichthodes salebrosus, Trachichthodes subrotundus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge, which is in a Kaiatan marine sandstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of New Zealand (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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