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Galaxias angustiventris

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Galaxias angustiventris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Galaxias
Species:
G. angustiventris
Binomial name
Galaxias angustiventris
Schwarzhans, 2012

Galaxias angustiventris is an extinct species of bony fish in the genus Galaxias. It existed in what is now New Zealand in the early Miocene epoch. It was described by Werner Schwarzhans, R. Paul Scofield,[1] Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy and Trevor H. Worthy in 2012.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Werner Schwarzhans; R. Paul Scofield; Alan J. D. Tennyson; Jennifer P. Worthy; Trevor H. Worthy (2012). "Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (2): 319–350. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0127. hdl:2440/75818.