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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Suborder: | Holocentroidei |
| Genus: | † Alloberyx Gaudant, 1969 |
| Species | |
Alloberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, possibly a holocentrid, that lived during the Santonian of Lebanon, from the Sahel Alma site. It contains two species, A. syriacus, initially described as a species of Pseudoberyx , and A. robustus, initially classified in the genus Serratocentrus. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It is generally considered a stem-holocentrid, due to having close morphological similarities to modern holocentrid fish while lacking the characteristics known in the two modern subfamilies. However, another similar "holocentroid", Caproberyx , was more recently recovered as an indeterminate acanthomorph due to lacking many of the traits found among holocentrids, and it has been suggested that a similar level of uncertainty may apply to Alloberyx. [5] [6]
