Cymatogaster Gibbons 1854 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae
Parent taxon: Embiotocidae according to B. J. Welton 2015
See also Fierstine et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphistichus, Damalichthys, Ditrema, Embiotoca, Eriquius, Erisceles, Hysterocarpus, Micrometrus, Neoditrema, Rhacochilus
Subtaxa: Cymatogaster aggregata
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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