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A fossil southern grayling, genus Prototroctes, from the Pleistocene of north-eastern New Zealand (Teleostei: Retropinnidae)

R. M. McDowall¹, E. M. Kennedy², and B. V. Alloway²

¹National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand. r.mcdowall@niwa.co.nz
²GNS Science, P.O. Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Abstract  This paper reports two fossil fishes, most probably of the genus Prototroctes, from a mid-Pleistocene lake deposit in north-eastern New Zealand. These are the first known fossils of this genus, which is found only in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand.

Keywords  New Zealand; grayling; Prototroctes; fossil; Pleistocene

R05013 Received 18 November; accepted 12 January 2006; Online publication date 17 March 2006
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Volume 36, Number 1, March, 2006, pp 27–36

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