PaleoDB taxon number: 394406

Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144

Belongs to Scopelus according to G. A. Frost 1934

Sister taxa: Scopelus cassidiformis, Scopelus circularis, Scopelus ellipticus, Scopelus excisus, Scopelus incisus, Scopelus konganaruensis, Scopelus lacertosus, Scopelus laminatus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus marwicki, Scopelus mimiensis, Scopelus regularis, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tutamoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand