Pycnosterinx elongatus Pictet and Humbert 1866 (beardfish)

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115

Belongs to Pycnosterinx according to J. D. Davis 1887

See also Pictet and Humbert 1866

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahel Alma (Humbert collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Humbert collection)

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