Kingdom Animalia Infraclass Teleostei Order Lycopteriformes Rank Family | Class Actinopterygii Superorder Osteoglossomorpha Phylum Chordata | |
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Similar Lycoptera, Osteoglossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Notopteroidei, Hiodontiformes | ||
Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.
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Description
These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.
Distribution
They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.
References
Lycopteridae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA