†Moringua waimumuensis Schwarzhans et al. 2017 (eel)
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Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Moringuidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans, D. E. Lee, and H. J. L. Gard. 2017. Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 60(4):433-464
Belongs to Moringua according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxon: Moringua fissura
Type specimen: OU22814, an otolith. Its type locality is Cosy Dell Farm, which is in a Duntroonian estuary/bay horizon in the Chatton Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cosy Dell Farm
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