†Saccogaster batanga Schwarzhans 2013 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2013. Otoliths from the Miocene of West Africa, primarily from the Mandorové Formation of Gabon. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13:151-184
Belongs to Saccogaster according to W. Schwarzhans 2013
Sister taxa: Saccogaster citreus, Saccogaster parengarenga, Saccogaster torpidus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ewongue 2, 226 m, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandrové Formation of Gabon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Ewongue 2, 226 m
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