†Argyripnus rapahoensis Schwarzhans 2019 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Argyripnus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Argyripnus oamaruensis, Argyripnus primigenius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Point Elizabeth, which is in a Runangan marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Point Elizabeth
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