Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Bembropidae
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 Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Bembrops according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Bembrops grenfelli, Bembrops smigielskae, Bembrops vandeveldae
Type specimen: NMNZ S.47574, an otolith. Its type locality is Haugh's Quarry, which is in a Waitakian marine lime mudstone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.