Acrorhinichthys, Taverne & Capasso, 2015

Taverne, Louis & Capasso, Luigi, 2015, Osteology and relationships of Acrorhinichthys poyatoi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, European Journal of Taxonomy 116, pp. 1-30 : 3-4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.116
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DC7FCF48-1E85-4205-89CA-E1D49577F971
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795206
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6858F4B-704F-48BC-8217-9DDDC44ACBEA
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:D6858F4B-704F-48BC-8217-9DDDC44ACBEA
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Acrorhinichthys
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Acrorhinichthys gen. nov.

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Type species

Acrorhinichthys poyatoi gen. et sp. nov. (by monotypy).

Diagnosis

As for the species (monospecific genus).

Etymology

From the Greek akron, akrou, point, rhis, rhinos, nose, and ichthys, fish. The name refers to the sharp end of the snout in this fish.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Pycnodontiformes
Family	Gladiopycnodontidae

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