†Pycnosterinx niger Costa 1857 (beardfish)
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Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Alternative combination: Beryx niger
Full reference: O. G. Costa. 1857. Descrizione di alcuni pesci fossili del Libano. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze 2:97-112
Belongs to Pycnosterinx according to J. D. Davis 1887
See also Costa 1857 and Pictet and Humbert 1866
Sister taxa: Pycnosterinx discoides, Pycnosterinx dorsalis, Pycnosterinx dubius, Pycnosterinx elongatus, Pycnosterinx gracilis, Pycnosterinx latus, Pycnosterinx russeggerii
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sach el Aalma (Costa collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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