Family Chanidae Phylum Chordata | Subfamily Chaninae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Vinctifer, Cladocyclus, Rhacolepis, Brannerion, Diplomystus | ||
Dastilbe is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
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Species
Description
Dastilbe could reach a length of 25–60 millimetres (0.98–2.36 in), with a maximum length of about 150 millimetres (5.9 in). It was probably an anadromous fish, tolerant of hypersalinity and subjected to frequent mass mortality. Larger individuals of this predatory fish fed on small fishes and probably they were also cannibalistic.
Distribution
Dastilbe was a primitive gonorynchiform fish widespread in Gondwanaland. Fossils of this fish have been found in the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch of north-east Brazil and in the Lower Cretaceous of Africa..
References
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