Arnoglossus extremus Schwarzhans 1980 (flatfish)

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

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

Belongs to Arnoglossus according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980

See also Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Arnoglossus grenfelli, Arnoglossus kokeni, Arnoglossus laterna, Arnoglossus lautus, Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus miocenicus, Arnoglossus novus, Arnoglossus purus, Arnoglossus sauvagei, Arnoglossus tenuis

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: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge

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