Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
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 Parapercis according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Parapercis depressidorsalis, Parapercis fatoides, Parapercis fatuus, Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis pareoraensis, Parapercis richardsoni
Type specimen: AU V626, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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