Apateopholis
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Apateopholis (meaning "confusing scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It is the only member of the family Apateopholidae and contains a single species, A. laniatus, from the Cenomanian of Lebanon. It was a relative of modern lizardfish and lancetfish in the order Aulopiformes.[1][2][3] At least one study has found it to be a potential sister genus to the enigmatic Yabrudichthys of the West Bank.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Superfamily: | †Ichthyotringoidea |
| Family: | †Apateopholidae Goody, 1969 |
| Genus: | †Apateopholis Woodward, 1891 |
| Species: | †A. laniatus |
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| †Apateopholis laniatus (Davis, 1887) | |
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