Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combinations: Benthosema concentricum, Scopelus concentricus
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144
Belongs to Benthosema according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Frost 1934 and Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Benthosema duanformis, Benthosema fibulatum, Benthosema fitchi, Benthosema glaciale, Benthosema minutum, Benthosema panamense, Benthosema parafibulatum, Benthosema pinchoti, Benthosema pluridens, Benthosema pterota, Benthosema pterotum, Benthosema suborbitale
Type specimen: Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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