Chalcidichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish.[1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California.[2] It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard.[3][4] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Caristiidae |
| Genus: | †Chalcidichthys David, 1943 |
| Species: | †C. malacapterygius |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943 | |
