Sympterichthys verrucosus Carnevale and Pietsch 2010 (anglerfish)
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Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Brachionichthyidae
Full reference: G. Carnevale and T. W. Pietsch. 2010. Eocene handfishes from Monte Bolca, with description of a new genus and species, and a phylogeny of the family Brachionichthyidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:621-64710.1111
Belongs to Sympterichthys according to G. Carnevale and T. W. Pietsch 2010
Sister taxa: Sympterichthys politus, Sympterichthys unipennis
Type specimen: SAMA F626
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sympterichthys verrucosus in the database
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