A large galaxiid fossil (Teleostei) from the Miocene of Central Otago, New Zealand
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Vol. 27 (2) , 193-198
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1997.9517532
Abstract
A fish fossil of Miocene age from the Manuherikia group, from a site near Bannockburn in Central Otago, New Zealand, is described and identified as a galaxiid, probably genus Galaxias. The fish was large, estimated at 383 mm, and thus larger than all extant New Zealand Galaxias except G. argenteus, which is known to reach 580 mm. However, it appears to have been of quite slender form. There was, therefore, in Miocene times, a large, slender, perhaps lacustrine Galaxias in Palaeo‐lake Manuherikia in Central Otago.Keywords
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