Myripristis Cuvier 1827 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae

Parent taxon: Holocentridae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

See also Agassiz 1835, Casier 1966, Schwarzhans 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Berybolcensis, Caproberyginae, Eoholocentrum, Holocentridarum, Holocentrinae, Holocentronotus, Holocentrus, Microcentrum, Myripristinae, Naupygus, Paraberyx, Pelotius, Plectroplites, Tenuicentrum

Subtaxa: Myripristis banatica Myripristis homopterygius Myripristis jacobus Myripristis leptacanthus Myripristis priemi Myripristis toliapicus Myripristis verus

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Type: Myripristis jacobus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (3), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Louisiana, Texas)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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