Fierasfer Oken 1817 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to E. Koken 1891
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Fierasfer novus Fierasfer posterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Biarritz (Eocene of France)
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