Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Alternative combination: Gnathophis carinatus
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144
Belongs to Congridarum according to G. A. Frost 1934
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Congridarum brevisulcus, Congridarum clifdenensis, Congridarum grantmackiei, Congridarum obrutus, Congridarum occidentalis, Congridarum thevenini, Congridarum websteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ihungia Stream, which is in a Kapitean marine mudstone in New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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