Drimys (fish)
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| Drimys Temporal range: Late Miocene (Tortonian), | |
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| Comparison of D. defensor and Seriola sanctaebarbarae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | †Drimys Jordan, 1925 |
| Species: | †D. defensor |
| Binomial name | |
| †Drimys defensor Jordan, 1925 | |
Drimys defensor is an extinct species of barracudina[1] from the Late Miocene-aged Monterey Formation of Southern California, USA. It is known from a fossil specimen discovered in Tortonian-aged diatomite deposits near Lompoc.[2][3] It was closely related to species of the extinct genus Holosteus.
