Parascombrops giganteus Schwarzhans 2019 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Acropomatidae

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 ItalianĂ  di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326

Belongs to Parascombrops according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Parascombrops epigonoides, Parascombrops mutinensis, Parascombrops spinosus, Parascombrops yanceyi

Type specimen: CD760, an otolith. Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Mangaorapan/Heretaungan marine carbonate in New Zealand.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Waihao River, south branch

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