Epigonus opoitiensis Schwarzhans 2019 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Epigonidae

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 ItalianĂ  di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326

Belongs to Epigonus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Epigonus aquilonius, Epigonus constantiae, Epigonus denticulatus, Epigonus italicus, Epigonus telescopus

Type specimen: AU V624, an otolith. Its type locality is Kaawa Creek, which is in an Opoitian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kaawa Creek

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