Mataichthys rhinoceros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eleotroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Eleotroidei

Familia: Eleotridae
Genus: †Mataichthys
Species: †Mataichthys rhinoceros

Name

†Mataichthys rhinoceros Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al., 2012

• Holotype: NMNZ S.52740.
• Paratypes (12): NMNZ S.52741 and 52744.
• Type locality: Home Hills Station, Manuherikia River near St Bathans, Otago.
• Type horizon: HH1a bed, Bannockburn Formation, early Miocene.

Etymology: Referring to the resemblance of the dorsal rim of the otolith to the dorsal head profile of a rhinoceros.

Primary references

• Schwarzhans, W., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., Worthy, J.P. & Worthy, T.H. 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 Reference page.