Ischyodus avitus Meyer 1800 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Alternative combination: Chimaera avita

Belongs to Ischyodus according to A. S. Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Ischyodus beaumonti, Ischyodus bifurcatus, Ischyodus bohemicus, Ischyodus dufrenoyi, Ischyodus egertoni, Ischyodus emarginatus, Ischyodus incisus, Ischyodus latus, Ischyodus mortoni, Ischyodus panus, Ischyodus quenstedti, Ischyodus rayhaasi, Ischyodus thurmanni, Ischyodus townsendi, Ischyodus yanschini, Ischyodus zinsmeisteri

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ischyodus avitus in the database

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