Euzaphleges

Euzaphleges
Temporal range: Late Miocene
E. longurio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Trichiuriformes
Family: Euzaphlegidae
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

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
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