Biology:Euzaphleges

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Euzaphleges
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Euzaphleges longurio.JPG
E. longurio
Scientific classification
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Trichiuriformes
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Genus:
Euzaphleges

White & Moy-Thomas, 1941
Species:
E. longurio

Jordan in Jordan & Gilbert, 1921
Binomial name
Euzaphleges longurio[1]
Synonyms

Zaphleges longurio[2]

Euzaphleges longurio is an extinct, superficially mackerel-like fish related to the escolar and snake mackerels. Euzaphleges was found off the coast of what is now California during the late Miocene. It was smaller than the very similar Thyrsocles and longer and more slender than Zaphlegulus, which also lived at the same time. It was much longer than the poorly known Trossulus.[3]

See also

  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. Danilʹchenko, P. G. 1967 Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus
  2. David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society p 102
  3. David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society p 102-114

Wikidata ☰ Q5414888 entry