Acanthodopsis Hancock and Atthey 1868 (spiny fish)

Chondrichthyes - Ischnacanthiformes - Ischnacanthidae

Parent taxon: Ischnacanthidae according to R. Denison 1979

See also Jordan 1963 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Apateacanthus, Gomphonchus, Helenacanthus, Ictinocephalus, Marsdenius, Persacanthus, Uraniacanthus

Subtaxa: Acanthodopsis microdon Acanthodopsis wardi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthodopsis in the database

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