Callipteryx
Extinct genus of fishes
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Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine percomorph fish that lived during the early Eocene.[1][2][3] It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae.[4] It contains a single species, C. speciosus (=C. recticaudus), known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.[3][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes (?) |
| Family: | †Callipterygidae Jordan, 1905 |
| Genus: | †Callipteryx Agassiz, 1838 |
| Species: | †C. speciosus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Callipteryx speciosus Agassiz, 1838 | |
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It was initially thought to have been a relative of weeverfishes.[6] However, a more recent analysis suggests that it cannot be classified within any of the known percomorph groups.[3] It may potentially be an indeterminate perciform.[7]
