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Ceratoichthys
Extinct species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ceratoichthys is an extinct genus of lookdown-like prehistoric jackfish that lived during the late Ypresian epoch, of the Early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. pinnatiformis of Monte Bolca, Italy.[1][2] It and Vomeropsis are the only known members of the extinct subfamily Vomeropsinae.[3][4]
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Ceratoichthys | |
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Fossil specimen | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Carangidae |
Subfamily: | †Vomeropsinae |
Genus: | †Ceratoichthys Blot, 1969 |
Species: | †C. pinnatiformis |
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†Ceratoichthys pinnatiformis (Blainville, 1818) | |
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The dorsal and anal fins of C. pinnatiformis had very high, narrow crests, and it also had very long, thin pelvic fins. Its fins give it a superficial resemblance to a freshwater angelfish, leading some people[who?] to erroneously refer to C. pinnatiformis as an "angelfish," too.
It is the official symbol of the Società Paleontologica Italiana (Italian Paleontological Society).[5]
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