| Avitolabrax Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Lateolabracidae |
| Genus: | † Avitolabrax Takai, 1942 |
| Species: | †A. denticulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Avitolabrax denticulatus Takai, 1942 | |
Avitolabrax is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early part of the Miocene epoch. [1] [2] It has a single known species, A. denticulatus, from the Siramizu Formation of Fukushima, Japan. [3]
Initially described as a "serranid" when that family was thought to be more expansive, later studies suggest that it may be ancestral to the extant genus Lateolabrax , potentially making it the earliest member of the family Lateolabracidae. [3] [4]
