Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Chiasmodontidae

Generic name: Bannikov, in honour of the Russian paleontologist Alexandre F. Bannikov, in recognition of his remarkable contribution to the knowledge of Cenozoic fishes; and ichthys, a fish (in Greek).

Full reference: G. Carnevale. 2007. Fossil fishes from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Torricella Peligna, Italy. Palaeontographia Italica 91:1-67

Parent taxon: Chiasmodontidae according to G. Carnevale 2007

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Bannikovichthys paelignus

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Type: Bannikovichthys paelignus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Torricella Peligna (Miocene of Italy)

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