†Chrionema salebrosa Schwarzhans 2019 (perch-like fish)
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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 Chrionema according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG XVII 10, an otolith
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Head of Lake Waitaki (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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