Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Superclass Osteichthyes Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Infraphylum Gnathostomata Family Caristiidae | |
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Scientific name Chalcidichthys malacapterygius | ||
Chalcidichthys malacapterygius is an extinct, prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California. It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.
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