Dapedoglossus aequipinnis Cope 1878 (arowana)

Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae

Alternative combination: Phareodus aequipinnis

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits west of the MIssissippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 4:67-77

Belongs to Dapedoglossus according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Cope 1878 and Hay 1902

Sister taxon: Dapedoglossus testis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dapedoglossus aequipinnis in the database

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