Pygopterus lucius Agassiz 1833 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Belongs to Pygopterus according to L. Agassiz 1843

See also Agassiz 1833

Sister taxa: Pygopterus bonnardi, Pygopterus concavus, Pygopterus crecelii, Pygopterus degeeri, Pygopterus gleerupi, Pygopterus greenockii, Pygopterus humboldti, Pygopterus jamesoni, Pygopterus latus, Pygopterus nielseni, Pygopterus scoticus, Pygopterus sculptus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pygopterus lucius in the database

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