Acanthopygaeus
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Acanthopygaeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine acanthuriform fish in the family Siganidae. It is known from the Eocene lagerstätte "Pesciara" in Bolca, Italy.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Siganidae |
| Genus: | †Acanthopygaeus Leriche, 1906 |
| Species: | †A. agassizi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acanthopygaeus agassizi (Eastman, 1904) | |
