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Eastmanalepes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Carangidae

Scientific name
  
Eastmanalepes primaevus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Species
  
E. primaevus

Rank
  
Genus

Eastmanalepes

Similar
  
Ceratoichthys, Acanthonemus, Eoplatax, Eolactoria, Eozanclus

Eastmanalepes primaevus is an extinct species of prehistoric jack fish that lived from the Lutetian epoch, of what is now Monte Bolca, Italy. It was originally described as a species of the jackfish genus Caranx, of which it has a superficially similar outline to. It differs from Caranx, and almost all other jackfish, in that it has very large, very pronounced scutes along its lateral line. According to Bannikov, E. primaevus is probably more related to the extinct jackfish genera, Eothynnus and Teratichthys.

References

Eastmanalepes Wikipedia


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