†Aotearichthys Schwarzhans et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
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
Parent taxon: Dinematichthyidae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Schwarzhans 2019 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Dermatopsis, Dipulus, Ogilbia, Otarionichthys
Subtaxa: Aotearichthys vestalis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Bailey Bend ( of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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