Biology:Adriacentrus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Adriacentrus
Temporal range: Turonian[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Holocentriformes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Adriacentrus
Radovcic, 1975
Species:
A. crnolataci
Binomial name
Adriacentrus crnolataci
Radovcic, 1975

Adriacentrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived in the Turonian in what is now Croatia. It contains a single species, A. crnolataci.[1] Formerly considered a beryciform fish, it is now known to be more closely related to the squirrelfish (Holocentridae).[2][3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4684790 entry