Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
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 Lophius according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Lophius alveolus, Lophius americanus, Lophius brachysomus, Lophius budegassa, Lophius dolloi, Lophius orpiensis, Lophius piscatorius
Type specimen: CD988, an otolith. Its type locality is Whangaimoana Cliffs, which is in an Opoitian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Whangaimoana Cliffs
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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