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Pristigenys
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Pristigenys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae. It contains five extant species and one extinct species, P. substriata, which is known from fossils found in the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy.[4]
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Pristigenys | |
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Pristigenys alta | |
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Holotype of P. substriata: MNHN. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Priacanthidae |
Genus: | Pristigenys Agassiz, 1835[1] |
Type species | |
†Chaetodon substriatus Blainville, 1818[2] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Pseudopriacanthus Bleeker, 1869 |
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The extant species have been classified in the genus Pseudopriacanthus which both Fishbase and the Catalog of Fishes treat as a synonym of Pristigenys,[3] but recent work has argued that they should be separated based on numerous differences in the cranial region and the fins.[4][5]