Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Not specifically indicated that this is a new species, but the genus is new in this paper, and there's no indication of a prior name for this species.

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Notices of New Vertebrata from the Upper Waters of Bitter Creek, Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):483-486

Belongs to Rhineastes according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Cope 1872

Sister taxa: Rhineastes arcuatus, Rhineastes calvus, Rhineastes pectinatus, Rhineastes peltatus, Rhineastes radulus, Rhineastes rhaeas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhineastes smithii in the database

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