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Aeoliscoides
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early Eocene. It is known from a single species, A. longirostris, from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.[1][2] It was a member of Centriscidae, making it a relative of modern shrimpfish and snipefish.[3][4] Its name references its close resemblance to the extant shrimpfish genus Aeoliscus.
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Aeoliscoides | |
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Specimen at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Verona | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Centriscidae |
Genus: | †Aeoliscoides Blot, 1980 |
Species: | †A. longirostris |
Binomial name | |
†Aeoliscoides longirostris (Blainville, 1818) | |
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