Ceratoichthys
Extinct species of fish
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Ceratoichthys is an extinct genus of lookdown-like prehistoric jackfish that lived during the late Ypresian epoch, of the Early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. pinnatiformis of Monte Bolca, Italy.[1][2] It and Vomeropsis are the only known members of the extinct subfamily Vomeropsinae.[3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | †Vomeropsinae |
| Genus: | †Ceratoichthys Blot, 1969 |
| Species: | †C. pinnatiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ceratoichthys pinnatiformis (Blainville, 1818) | |
The dorsal and anal fins of C. pinnatiformis had very high, narrow crests, and it also had very long, thin pelvic fins. Its fins give it a superficial resemblance to a freshwater angelfish, leading some people[who?] to erroneously refer to C. pinnatiformis as an "angelfish," too.
It is the official symbol of the Società Paleontologica Italiana (Italian Paleontological Society).[5]
