Aeoliscoides

Aeoliscoides Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Specimen at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Verona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Centriscidae
Genus:	† Aeoliscoides Blot, 1980
Species:	†A. longirostris
Binomial name
†Aeoliscoides longirostris (Blainville, 1818)

Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early Eocene. It is known from a single species, A. longirostris, from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy. ^{[1] [2]} It was a member of Centriscidae, making it a relative of modern shrimpfish and snipefish. ^{[3] [4]} Its name references its close resemblance to the extant shrimpfish genus Aeoliscus .

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
3. Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide" (PDF). Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 4 (1): i–xxvii. hdl:10088/25678.
4. Parin, Nickolay; Micklich, Norbert (1996). "Fossil gasterosteiformes from the lower oligocene of Frauenweiler (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) I. New information on the morphology and systematics of the genusAeoliscusJordan &Starks 1902" . Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 70 (3): 521–545. doi:10.1007/BF02988090.