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Eutrichiurides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Trichiuridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

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Similar
  
Perciformes, Trichiurus, Enchodus, Scombroidei, Myliobatis

Eutrichiurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric cutlass fish.

Contents

Similar and related genera include the extant Aphanopus, Trichiurides and Trichiurus. These fishes lived in the Paleogene period, from 55.8 to 48.6 mya.

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • Eutrichiurides orpiensis (Leriche, 1906)
  • Eutrichiurides goberti (Casier, 1944)
  • Eutrichiurides termieri (Arambourg)
  • Eutrichiurides delheidi (Leriche, 1908)
  • Description

    Eutrichiurides species were long and slender, blade-shaped fishes with elongated jaws possessing fangs and needle-shaped teeth.

    Distribution

    Fossils of Eutrichiurides have been found the Paleocene fossil sediments of India, Pakistan and Morocco.

    References

    Eutrichiurides Wikipedia