Pasaichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Pasaichthys pleuronectiformis is an extinct, prehistoric moonyfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of Monte Bolca, Italy.[1] The average length of its fossils is about 6 centimeters. In life, it would probably resemble its living relatives of the genus Monodactylus.
| Pasaichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Monodactylidae |
| Genus: | †Pasaichthys Blot, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| Pasaichthys pleuronectiformis Blot, 1969 | |
