Aotearichthys
| Aotearichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Genus: | †Aotearichthys |
| Species: | †A. vestalis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Aotearichthys vestalis Schwarzhans et. al., 2017
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Aotearichthys is an extinct genus of bythitid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Aotearichthys vestalis is known from the Chatton Formation of New Zealand.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Lee, Daphne E.; Gard, Henry J. L. (2 October 2017). "Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 60 (4): 433–464. doi:10.1080/00288306.2017.1365734. ISSN 0028-8306. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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