†Belone acutirostris Sauvage 1870 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae
Alternative combination: Xiphias acutirostris
Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26
Belongs to Belone according to C. Arambourg 1925
See also Sauvage 1870 and Sauvage 1873
Sister taxon: Belone countermani
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Licata (Miocene of Italy)
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