Cephalopholis aotearoa Schwarzhans 2019 (perch-like fish)

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Serranidae

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 Cephalopholis according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CD763, an otolith. Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Mangaorapan/Heretaungan marine carbonate in New Zealand.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of New Zealand (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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