Acanthonotos Sauvage 1870 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26

Parent taxon: Scombridae according to H. E. Sauvage 1870

Sister taxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthocybium, Ardiodus, Cariniceps, Caucombrus, Cybium, Eoscomber, Eoscombrus, Eucynodus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Lepidocybium, Ocystias, Pelamys, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sardinae, Sardini, Scomber, Scomberodon, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Toxopoma, Tunita, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias

Subtaxa: Acanthonotos armatus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Licata (Miocene of Italy)

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