Diaphantes
Extinct genus of ray-finned fish
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Diaphantes is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichodontidae, the sandfishes. Its only species, D. tilesii, was found in the Middle Miocene-aged Agnevo Formation of Sakhalin in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Trichodontidae |
| Genus: | †Diaphantes Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000 |
| Species: | †D. tilesii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Diaphantes tilesii Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000 | |