Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Alternative combination: Megalurus lepidotus

Synonyms: Megalurus brevicostatus Agassiz 1834, Megalurus grandis Wagner 1863

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Belongs to Amiopsis according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998

See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1842 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Amiopsis damoni, Amiopsis dolloi, Amiopsis prisca, Amiopsis woodwardi, Megalurus parvus

Type specimens:

• Amiopsis lepidota: BSP AS I 676, a skeleton
• Megalurus brevicostatus:
• Megalurus grandis:

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amiopsis lepidota in the database

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