Sharfia Pietsch and Carnevale 2011 (anglerfish)

Osteichthyes - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae

Full reference: T. W. Pietsch and G. Carnevale. 2011. A New Genus and Species of Anglerfish (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy. Copeia 2011(1):64-71

Parent taxon: Lophiidae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014

See also Bannikov 2014 and Pietsch and Carnevale 2011

Sister taxa: Caruso, Emmachaere, Eosladenia, Lophiodes, Lophiomus, Lophius, Sladenia

Subtaxa: Sharfia mirabilis

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Type: Sharfia mirabilis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (general) (Eocene of Italy)

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