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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Monodactylidae |
Genus: | † Psettopsis Blot, 1969 |
Species: | †P. subarcuatus |
Binomial name | |
†Psettopsis subarcuatus Blot, 1969 | |
Psettopsis subarcuatus is an extinct prehistoric species of moonyfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of Monte Bolca, Italy. [1]
It had large, rounded dorsal and anal fins, and was a comparatively large fish, being about 45 centimeters long, much larger than its relative, Pasaichthys .[ citation needed ]