Pycnosterinx dorsalis Pictet 1850 (beardfish)

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae

Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59

Belongs to Pycnosterinx according to A. S. Woodward 1898

See also Davis 1887, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866

Sister taxa: Pycnosterinx discoides, Pycnosterinx dubius, Pycnosterinx elongatus, Pycnosterinx gracilis, Pycnosterinx latus, Pycnosterinx niger, Pycnosterinx russeggerii

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pycnosterinx dorsalis in the database

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