Pshekhagnathus Bannikov et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov, G. Carnevale, and Y. A. Popov. 2017. An extraordinary pipefish (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) with fully developed anal fin from the Oligocene of the North Caucasus (SW Russia). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 56(1):79-88

Parent taxon: Pshekhagnathinae according to A. F. Bannikov et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pshekhagnathus polypterus

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Type: Pshekhagnathus polypterus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pshekhagnathus in the database

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