Pleuronectidarum orbicularis Frost 1934 (flatfish)

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

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 Pleuronectidarum according to G. A. Frost 1934

Sister taxa: Pleuronectidarum acuminatus, Pleuronectidarum irregularis, Pleuronectidarum pentagonalis, Pleuronectidarum splendens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waikiekie Stream, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waikiekie Stream

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