Lophar
Extinct genus of fishes
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Lophar miocaenus is an extinct bony fish[2] almost identical in form to the living bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, differing in its dentition, which consisted of "thick, conical subequal teeth" instead of the sharp, slender teeth and canines seen in bluefish. L. miocaenus lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Pomatomidae |
| Genus: | †Lophar |
| Species: | †L. miocaenus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lophar miocaenus Jordan and Gilbert | |
