Symbolophorus opononiensis Schwarzhans 2019 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

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 Symbolophorus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Symbolophorus biatlanticus, Symbolophorus boops, Symbolophorus californiensis, Symbolophorus meridionalis, Symbolophorus moriguchii, Symbolophorus prionotus, Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis, Symbolophorus veranyi

Type specimen: MNZ S.47210, an otolith

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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