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Eolactoria

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Kingdom
  
Infraphylum
  
Gnathostomata

Scientific name
  
Eolactoria sorbinii

Rank
  
Species

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Superclass
  
Osteichthyes

Family
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

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Similar
  
Proaracana, Oligolactoria, Pasaichthys, Zignoichthys, Eotetraodon

Eolactoria sorbinii is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the middle Eocene, in Monte Bolca. It had two pairs of long spines, one over each eye, and one pair beneath the anal and caudal fins, arranged very similarly to those possessed by the modern genus Lactoria (e.g., "cowfish"), but were, in comparison, much longer. E. sorbinii had a 5th spine between the two eye-spines, arranged and looking very much like a nose.

The only known fossil specimen is about 5 centimeters in length.

References

Eolactoria Wikipedia